Vol. 5, No. 5 May, 2006

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

“A Medal for the Saskatchewan Navy” . . . . . . . . 4 - 13

“Dirty Paper Money” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

“The General Motors Experimental Cents” . . . . . . 14

“The Pollock ‘Relief Tokens', Hamilton, Ont. . . . . . . 15 - 16

“The Occupation of Jersey Notes, WWII” . . . . . . . 16

Above: Silver “stater”, Greek island of Aegina. These “turtles” were coined for many decades, that above – attributed to the period 525-500 B.C. – one of the earlier ones. The earliest of this type (more than 25 years before) are considered to be the very first European coins – and (more arguably) the first true silver coins anywhere. (Approx. actual size).

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,

Rutherford Mall, 137 – 4750 Rutherford Rd.,

Nanaimo, B.C. V9T 4K6

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, May 11, 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 northwards).

 

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.