Editor’s Note: The following article originally ran in Bank Note Reporter’s sister publication Numismatic News in the April 4 issue. For nearly 70 years, the feature-rich pages of Coins magazine, Bank Note Reporter’s venerable sister publication, have tracked the history, fun and the growth of this great hobby, while also attracting new collectors to pursue what was once deemed the “hobby of kings.”
arly issues of Coins magazine had plenty of articles focusing not only on U.S. coins and paper money, but also foreign currency, with a strong emphasis on our neighboring countries, Canada and Mexico. The June 1963 issue of Coins, for instance, looked at Mexican coins in an article by John Grant (“Where Do We Go From Here?”) and Canadian coins in an article by Claudia Pelkey (“The Canadian Cent – The Maple
