Code on the Canadian Wartime “V-Nickels” By: MICC Lifetime member #001 Few Canadian collectors acquire much time in the hobby before they become aware of the fact that the Mint placed Morse Code on the reverses of the “V-Nickels” issued 1943 through 1945 – brass “tombac” in 1943, chromium-plated steel afterward. Replacing the denticles around […]

The 1958 Commemorative Dollar. By: MICC Lifetime member #001 There were two major British Columbia events in 1858, one a direct consequence of the other. First of all, there was the Cariboo Gold Rush up the Fraser River and centered on the immediately-established Barkerville. Because what is now mainland B.C. was “unorganized territory” at the […]

A Satirical Note for Social Reform. By: MICC Lifetime member #001 Sometimes it is true: the pen can be mightier than the sword. As such, by far and away the best example is a satirical note devised by George Cruikshank (1792-1878), the great British illustrator of the 19th century, the note that has come to […]