CTCC Journal Volume IX Number 4 Winter 2004/5: The 34th consecutive issue of this informative CTCC publication arrived in the mail yesterday. Features include "Token Tales - John Howard, Philanthropist" by R.C. Bell, "The Rare American Pieces" by Tom Fredette, "New Token Discoveries" by Gary Sriro, "The Spence Collection Sale" by Peter Preston-Morley "The 1794 Colchester Issues" by Tony Fox, "Four New Varieties of Camac Tokens" by Gregg Silvis and much more. The quarterly Journal comes with membership in the Conder Token Collector's Club. Contact Gregg Moore (gregg.moore@comcast.net) for further membership info or visit the Conder Token Collector's Club web site for further CTCC info.

Conders at ANA Summer Seminar 2005: Jerry Bobbe, CTCC#4, will be doing an evening mini-seminar on conders with a focus on their history, manufacture, grading and preservation. According to the January 2005 issue of Numismatist, this class meets from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 4-5 July. More info on the American Numismatic Association Summer Seminar 2005 is available at the ANA site.

Copper Corner List #39: Bill McKivor of The Copper Corner has sent out a List #39 for January-March 2005. Bill can be reached at Copperman@thecoppercorner.com .

The Colonial Newsletter: New Year's clearance of newsletter back issues is underway with hardcopies available at $3.00 each and a PDF file of issues #1 - #103 available for $45.00. Further information on the Colonial Newsletter is available at ANA, including a comprehensive index for all issues. Colonial Newsletter can be contacted at - The Colonial Newsletter Foundation, Inc./ P.O.Box 4411 / Huntsville, AL 35815 or CNLF@CNLF.ORG.

Davissons Ltd Catalogue: Fall 2004 priced catalogue of coins, tokens, medals and references arrived in the mail yesterday. Several conders are offered including a "choice" Sussex DH1. Also offered is the 2004 Dalton and Hamer either bound as one volume or in six individually bound volumes. Auction 22 is reported as planned for an "early 2005 close". Email, call or write coins@cloudnet.com ; (320) 685-3835 ; Davissons Ltd Cold Spring MN 56320-1050 for further information.

Stack's Coin Galleries Auctions: Stack's December 2004 Auction is a Mail Bid Sale which closes Tuesday, December 14 at 3:00pm ET. There only appear to be 5 conders offered (lots 1394-1398) but the new(?) catalogue software that displays items is very fast and easy to use.