Background

At the 1995 Canadian Numismatic Association convention in Calgary, Alberta a proposal was put forth at the meeting convened by the Canadian Numismatic Research Society to compile a new Canadian numismatic bibliography which would be the most complete reference of its type yet published. A team of interested numismatists from across Canada and the United States was established to take on this incredibly difficult and time-consuming task.

All of these individuals are strictly volunteers and this project has been undertaken completely independently from any specific numismatic organization since it was felt that the project could run more efficiently as an independent entity with its own review committee.

Our original intention was to have the text published for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the C.N.A.

Unfortunately, this goal was not realized as we did not fully realize just how daunting a task we had undertaken. We sincerely hope to have this text published over the new two-three years and we are sure that the final text will be a very valuable research tool for anyone interested in Canada's economic and numismatic history. •