Our “Mission Statement” is to promote interest in numismatics through education of our members. Encourage members to conduct research on history and geography as it relates to numismatics. Provide a forum for discussion and exchange of numismatic knowledge through regular meetings and a club newsletter. Support the hobby of numismatics and to cultivate social relationships among its members.
Many people have a few coins of interest in their homes either collected over the years or given to them by family, relatives or friends. These coins may be tucked away in a box or drawer. Meeting with ...
Read more »Mid-Island Coin Club (MICC) is a member of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association. MICC holds monthly meetings at 6:45pm on the second Thursday of the month at the ABC Restaurant, 6671 Mary-Ellen Drive, ...
Read more »MICC is very fortunate to have a wide range of experienced members within its club. We welcome questions related to any form of numismatics (ie from Canadian or world banknotes, Canadian or world coins, ...
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The Allied Military Certificate Replacements of Germany By: MICC Lifetime member #001 During WWII, the Allies issued special currencies for use in various areas recently retaken from the Germans. There were issues for Austria, Italy, France and Germany itself as well as another for Japan. A lot were issued and most of them are quite […]
The Fabulous 1804 U.S. Dollar. By: MICC Lifetime member #001 How very strange to realize that the most expensive coin in world is far from being the rarest; that it was not struck in 1804 but rather decades later – and on two occasions at that; that it never circulated as a coin but rather […]
The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) is an educational association founded in 1979 to support and promote the use and collecting of numismatic literature. Numismatic literature includes books, periodicals, catalogs and other written or printed material relating to coins, medals, tokens, or paper money, ancient or modern, U.S. or worldwide. […]
Camp Currency for “Displaced Persons” By: MICC Lifetime member #001 With the fall of the Nazis in May, 1945, Europe was in chaos with entire foreign populations residing in Germany and Austria, some wishing to be repatriated, many not. One large group was the Jews, survivors of the camps and, in large part, wishing to […]
