Canadian Tokens

I just bought about 8 Canadian tokens. They ranged from 1832-1852 and cost me all of $20. They were some awesome designs, and I also got 3 coronation coins as well.

I really can's see how you can go wrong with them. They are generally big honking copper coins over 150 years old, and some of them are in great shape.

 

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What's not to like? Anyone else like them? Please feel free to post pics or stories or whatever. One of my favorites is the PEI Speed the Plow token.

 

I just tallied the value of all the coins I bought for $20, and I doubled my money. Not bad at all, and the coins are really fun to look at.

 

I've been collecting some of the bouquet sous, as well as some of the Nova Scotia pence and halfpence. Part of the series was minted in my home town - Belleville, NJ.

CANADA, Tokens. Bas (Lower) Canada. Banque du Peuple du Montreal.
CU Sou Token (28mm, 8.73 g, 11h)
Belleville (New Jersey) mint. Dies by John Gibbs. Struck 1838.
AGRICULTURE & COMMERCE/ * BAS CANADA *
Bouquet BANQUE DU PEUPLE./ MONTREAL.
UN SOU within wreath of oak leaves
Charlton LC-5A3; Corteau 17; Breton 715​

 

These are beauties! I love the look of old copper coins. @Revi post us some more pics?

 

Here's one of the coins I got yesterday. It's a Confederation coin from 1927:

 

I think this is a great segment of the coin market to get into. They are really incredible coins and can be bought for not much.

 

Here's another coronation coin with a cool map of Canada on the obverse:

 

Here's one I got a while ago from PEI:

 

These are neat!

 

Here's one of the oldest ones I have found:

 

A lot were minted in England and used over here. Canada really didn't start to issue it's own coinage until the 1860's, so these were in common use.

 

Pick up a copy of "Canadian Colonial Tokens" .. it's a great learning tool and tell you about every series and many of the varieties. It's put out by Charlton Press up here in Canuckland and about $20.

BTW, I'm back up on this site after being unable to get in for almost a month .. something about Google Chrome and some Microsoft updates. All is fine now, once I searched and found what was wrong.

 

I have the Whitman, A Guidebook of Canadian Coins and Tokens, but haven't found that one yet. I'll check it out. Thanks!

 

This one is called a Hibernian Token and may have been minted in Ireland, but was used in Canada:

 

Here are mine. Nova Scotia.

 

Upper Canada.

 

Montreal.

 

Quebec.