Vol. 8, No. 2 February, 2008

 

 

 

MICCy Speaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 2 - 4

"The Canadian Works of George Kruger-Gray" . . . 5 - 11

"A Bank of England Overprint" . . . . . . . . . 11 - 13

"The Coinages of William Wood" . . . . . . . . 14 - 16

   

Above: British East Africa , Cent, 1907. The world's first circulating aluminum coin. (1 ½ x)

The Mid-Island Coin Club,

Meetings: The second Thursday of every month at 7:00 p.m. ,

A.B.C. Restaurant, Mary Ellen Drive, north Nanaimo , B.C.

 

Mailing Address:  

Mid-Island Coin Club, c/o West Coast Stamp & Coin,

Unit 119, 4-1150 North Terminal Ave. ,

Nanaimo , B.C. V9S 5L6  

Executive Officers:

 

President: Phil Harris

Vice-President: Jeff Ross

Treasurer: Bob Bresden

Secretary & Editor: Wayne Jacobs

Directors: Jim Bourgeois, Bill Lane , Orest Minishka

Webmaster: (www.rightclickhome.com) Rob Tallone

   

NOTICE:

The next meeting of the Mid-Island Coin Club will be held Thursday, February 14, at 7:00 p.m. at the A.B.C. Restaurant , Mary Ellen Drive , in north Nanaimo . (Mary Ellen is the first street parallel to Aulds Road northward .)

   

Wayne Jacobs is numismatic expert. He is the award winning author of numerous articles. He is the secretary and editor of the "Mid-Island Coin Club Numismatic Journal"of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island , British Columbia. The MICC journal are hosted here: MICC webpages Copyright 2006 Wayne Jacobs. This article may be reprinted freely for non commercial purpose only if the resource box is left intact, linking back to us.