Canadian Pattern and Trial Pieces of WWII. By: MICC Lifetime member #001 Unlike a lot of countries during the Second World War, Canada was not forced to issue many coinage denominations in other than the old pre-War format. There were two exceptions: the small bronze cent and the nickel five-cent […]
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The Nazi Commemoratives. By: MICC Lifetime member #001 Adolph Hitler inherited an in-place, vibrant numismatic market from the very Weimar Republic he helped bury. Since 1925, the Republic had been issuing commemorative silver coins at the rate of one to four issues per year. Even when the mintage-sets were widened […]
Code on the Canadian Wartime “V-Nickels” By: MICC Lifetime member #001 Few Canadian collectors acquire much time in the hobby before they become aware of the fact that the Mint placed Morse Code on the reverses of the “V-Nickels” issued 1943 through 1945 – brass “tombac” in 1943, chromium-plated steel […]
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 […]