The Calgary Commemorative Silver Dollar of 1975 By: MICC Lifetime member #001 Calgary was founded for one overriding purpose: location. Immediately after he had the power to do so after Confederation, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald moved to establish a Canadian presence in vast unsettled area of the Prairies. His […]
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The Mid-Island Coin Club Celebrating 20 years with a Commemorative Medal MICC History It was a December 11, 2001, nineteen individuals gathered at the Pizza Hut restaurant in Nanaimo, BC for hot food and to discuss their shared passion of collecting coins. Before the evening was over, sixteen memberships were […]
The Commemoratives of 1927 By: MICC Lifetime member #001 The first major anniversary of Canadian Confederation – the fiftieth in 1917 – couldn’t have come at a worse time, in the depths of the First World War. Understand-ably, little time or effort was made in its celebration. Officially, the government […]
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 […]
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 […]