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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 52378, member: 669&quot;]Welcome to the forum ana. Postings in the standard forum size, color and font are much easier to read. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>There is nothing resembling your piece shown in the 19th Century 3rd Ed. Standard Catalog of World Coins by Krause &amp; Mishler, the standard general reference work for world coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>In general the absence of a denomination from a modern piece is a tipoff that it is a token, medal, or other non-coin item.</p><p><br /></p><p>Krause lists coinage of several pre-confederation Canadian provinces, but none for the City of Ottawa.</p><p><br /></p><p>Laurier was the Prime Minister of Canada in 1896, which was the 30th anniversary of completion of the House of Commons in Ottawa, which had been designated by Queen Victoria as the Canadian capital in 1857, when Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec) originally joined to become the United Province of Canada.&nbsp; Your piece was probably a commemorative of that building&#039;s opening.&nbsp; Unless it is cast in a precious metal, it is probably worth a few dollars at most; although a collector of Canadian memorabilia might go a little higher if it is a rare piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>If any of our Canadian members have expertise in that area, I&#039;m sure they&#039;ll provide more precise information. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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