Ferguson Foundation launches ‘overdue’ digital repository The J. Douglas Ferguson Historical Research Foundation has launched a first-of-its-kind online repository of Canadian numismatic resources offering a freely accessible digital archive for researchers. The website, dubbed Canadian […]

The Alberta Prosperity Certificates. By: MICC Lifetime member #001 Depressions and hard times usually give rise to a number of experiments designed to alleviate the distress, with those concerning money in the van. The “Dirty […]

Notes of the Mafeking Siege. By: MICC Lifetime member #001 It was all a matter of gold and imperialism but by the early 1880s, many of the “Cape Dutch” of South Africa had retreated north […]

The Saint-Maurice Ironworks Dollar. By: MICC Lifetime member #001 “Collectors’ Dollar”, 1988, commemorating the Saint Maurice Ironworks. Silver, .500 fine. Wgt.: 23.3 grams. Diam.: 36.07mm. Reeded edge. Die axis: Obverse: (Designer) Arnold Machin; (Modeller) Patrick […]

The Esso “Play Coins” of Australia. By: MICC Lifetime member #001 Every so often, plastic tokens with obverses similar to the above show up, leading us to wonder what they are. They are actually a […]