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 in the “Great Trek” to found their own “South African Republic”, leaving the British in […]
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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 sort of play money given away to children by the Esso Oil Company stations in […]