Vol. 6, No. 9 September, 2007

 

 

MICCy Speaks

MICC Business Directory & Press Release

"Renaissance of U.S. Coinage, Part 5: Weinman's Dime,

1916-45. ( Jennings )

" Canada , Land of the Greenbacks"

"First Currency of the Free City of Danzig "

 

Above: France, billion "piece de 30 deniers", 1710-D ( Lyon mint). Called the "mousquetaire" due to the double-Ls resembling a musketeer's moustaches. Some 122-million were coined at several French mints 1709-13 although only Lyon struck for colonies. It went up (to 45 deniers) and down (to 18 deniers in 1738) in value. Large quantities of the mousqetaire and its half were imported into New France and Î le Royale in later years.

 

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 Nanaimo Stamp & Coin,
3150 North Island Highway ,
Nanaimo , B.C. V9T 1V9

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, September 13 , 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.