Vol. 5, No. 6 June, 2006

MICCy Speaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 2 - 3

“Canada's Centennial Coins and Currency” . . . . 3 – 12

“The ‘Columbia' Medal of 1787” . . . . . . . . . 12 – 15

“The Aramco Slugs” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

“Army Navy Dept. Store Ltd. Refund Checks” (Salterio) . . 16

Above: Pattern for Dominion of Canada cent, 1876-H. From this pattern it's obvious that

Canada first considered a continuation of the designs from 1858/9 before switching to the

“Mature Head” as used on the P.E.I. cent. (Illustration 1½x)

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

 

Executive Officers:

President: Jeff Ross

Vice-President: Phil Harris

Treasurer: Bob Bresden

Secretary & Editor: Wayne Jacobs

Directors: Jim Bourgeois, Bill Lane, Orest Minishka

NOTICE:

The next meeting of the Mid-Island Coin Club will be held on Thursday, June 8, 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.