Currency of the Canadian P.O.W. Camps, WWII By: MICC Lifetime member #001 One of the most difficult collections to make is that of the currency issued in the various Canadian Prisoner-of-War camps during the Second World War. None of them were issued with other than a transitory purpose in mind […]
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The Newfoundland Commemorative Dollar, 1949 By: MICC Lifetime member #001 Newfoundland had some financial woes, times being hard enough back in the ’30s that she was forced to revert to colonial status under Britain. For a while, things brightened during the Second World War as the air, naval and army […]
Transition Varieties of the 1978, 25 and 50 Cent Pieces. By: MICC Lifetime member #001 Nearly a quarter-century after the fact, we could logically assume that we know everything there is to know about the two varieties of Canadian 25-cent pieces that appeared in 1978: what were called the “Near […]
The 1974 “Extra Yoke” Dollars; Not Just One By: MICC Lifetime member #001 In 1974, Canada commemorated the centenary of the founding of the city of Winnipeg with commemorative dollars, both in “circulating” nickel and somewhat larger silver collectors’ pieces. The reverse design for both was essentially the same, Paul […]
The “Large Beads”/”Small Beads”, 1965 5-Cents. By: MICC Lifetime member #001 If you look in a recent edition of a standard catalogue, it will be noted that there are two varieties of obverse used on the 1965 5-cent piece, what are now called “Small Beads” and “Large Beads”. The former […]