Vol. 5, No. 2 February, 2006

 

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

“The Nova Scotia ‘Beaver Standard' of Exchange” (Leighton) 4 - 6

“The Bluenose 10-Cents” . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 13

“First Bank in Dawson” . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 - 15

“Edward Raper, Dairyman of Saanich, B.C.” (Greene) . . 16

Above: 15 Sols, 1670-A. This, together with a silver 5 Sols, are sometimes called “Canada's first coins”, but saw little or no use in New France even though intended for the “French colonies in America”. Since they were forbidden to be sent back to France, most were probably used in the French island colonies in the Caribbean.

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 Road,

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, February 9, 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).