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 “Tree Cents” of Prince Edward Island. By: MICC Lifetime member #001 For many years, the local currency pound of Prince Edward Island was out of step with those of the rest of her neighbours who typically used “Halifax Currency” whereby a dollar (U.S., Spanish-American or Spanish) was valued at 5-shillings (a Halifax Pound = […]
Genoa Bay Farm By: Ron Greene (From Transactions of the Canadian Numismatic Research Society, Vol. 4, 1968, p.43. Reprinted by permission). Genoa Bay Farm is situated in a very pretty little valley overlooking Genoa Bay about eight road miles east of Duncan. The farm is owned and operated by Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Lines. […]
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 […]
