Next MICC Monthly Meeting: December 15th, 2022
Doors Open at 6:00 pm ~ Meeting starts at 6:45pm
New Meeting location:
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 256
1639 E Wellington Rd, Nanaimo, BC V9S 5P8
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 Boston Pizza (Upstairs in the meeting ...
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 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 […]
The First Foreign Issues of the Ottawa Mint. By: MICC Lifetime member #001 It’s quite true that it’s an ill wind that blows no one any good – and this was true even of the […]
