吉朗钱币社会庆祝60年的富裕历史

当托尼·阿尔索普（Tony Alsop）谈论吉朗（Geelong）丰富的钱币历史时，他的眼睛睁大了。硬币，纸币和专门设计的奖牌是ALSOP国际和当地历史的途径，他们可以又一个故事推出一个故事。

TONY Alsop’s eyes light up when he talks about Geelong’s rich numismatic history.

当托尼·阿尔索普（Tony Alsop）谈论吉朗（Geelong）丰富的钱币历史时，他的眼睛睁大了。

Coins, paper money and specially designed medals have served as an avenue to international and local history for Alsop who can roll out one story after another.

硬币，纸币和专门设计的奖牌是ALSOP国际和当地历史的途径，他们可以又一个故事推出一个故事。

The former president of 20 years and member of about 40 years is the glue of the Geelong Numismatic Society, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary tomorrow (Saturday, February 22) as part of the Western Money Fair Geelong.

前20年的前任主席和大约40年的成员是吉朗钱币学会的胶水，该协会将庆祝明天（2月22日，星期六）庆祝其成立60周年，这是西方货币公平吉朗的一部分。

The event will feature Australian and international coins, banknotes, stamps and postal numismatic covers as well as accessories, collectibles and valuations.

该活动将以澳大利亚和国际硬币，钞票，邮票和邮政资金封面以及配件，收藏品和估值为特色。

There will also be a book sale and craft trade with entry $2.

还将有一个书籍销售和手工艺品交易，报名$ 2。

“It’s a wonderful thing because we learn so much about history that we probably don’t learn in schools now,” Alsop, 84, said.

84岁的阿尔索普（Alsop）说：“这是一件很棒的事情，因为我们学到了很多关于历史的知识，以至于我们现在可能不在学校学习。”

“We’ve had our highs and lows. In the early days, we had 40 to 50 members and then we dropped down to probably 10.

“我们的高潮和低点。在早期，我们有40至50名成员，然后下降到大概10名。

“Then we made a conscious effort to go out and recruit people and especially younger people and females, so we’re not an old man’s club, which is very important.”

“然后，我们有意识地努力出去招募人，尤其是年轻人和女性，因此我们不是一个老人的俱乐部，这非常重要。”

There are about 40 members, ranging from a couple of teenagers to those in their 80s.

大约有40名成员，从几个青少年到80多岁的青少年。

So what keeps the young members interested in a world where card payment is increasingly being favoured over cash and coins?

那么，是什么让年轻成员对越来越多的现金和硬币偏爱卡的世界感兴趣呢？

“Well, probably the advent of the colour $2 coins,” Alsop said.

“好吧，可能是颜色2美元硬币的出现，”阿尔索普说。

“It’s something they collect for $2 each and then they get the bug and they build on it and eventually get away from that and get into real numismatics.”

“这是他们每人2美元的收集的东西，然后他们得到了错误，然后将其建立在基础上，最终远离它并陷入真正的钱币学。”

The Geelong Numismatic Society meets on the fourth Friday of each month to exchange ideas and information and are glad to welcome visitors and new members.

吉朗钱币协会在每个月的第四个星期五开会，以交换想法和信息，并很高兴欢迎游客和新成员。

The Western Money Fair Geelong will be held at Belmont Uniting Church from 10am to 3pm.

西方货币博览会吉朗将于上午10点至下午3点在贝尔蒙特联合教堂举行。