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Uh, maybe this one fits that description?

 

The power of focused observation is both underestimated and undervalued.

 

THERE you go. If at first you don't succeed....

 

Certainly does. The inscription "Province du Bas Canada" translates to 'Province of Lower Canada', which in the present day is the Province of Quebec. Lower Canada extended most of the way to the east coast, where parts had been colonized by Scottish and Irish (Gaelic) settlers, and to the west in the area of the Ottawa Valley and Gatineau Hills. Modern-day Ontario was known at that time as Upper Canada, and was mostly settled by British. As this was still thirty years before Confederation, most of Upper Canada was wild forest land, with permanent settlements only along the major waterways. The interior was still very much the realm of First Nations peoples, and a mixture of French and British explorers. There are a few pockets of French heritage in southern Ontario to this day, and fully one-third of Canadians have French as their first language. The coin in the picture was issued by one of the privately operated banks that existed at the time, probably the one that later became the Bank of Montreal (known as BMO today). It was a trade token, and not government-minted coinage, as there was no national mint at that time. Businesses and banking functions that existed in different parts of the settled areas could issue their own tokens as a means of facilitating trade in the region. The only actual 'money' in both Upper and Lower Canada was whatever came over from Britain and France, but there wasn't very much of that due to a scarcity of metals for common coinage following the Napoleonic Wars.

 

What a great history mini-education regarding both old-time eastern Canada and the coinage prevalent there at that time. Many thanks for that...one can never accumulate too much knowledge.

 

Canada - 1891 25 Cents (Key Date)
KM 5
Mintage of 120,000
(Note: I hate to see Vicky with the dragon scale this bad...but it's got a clear date and it's one I've never seen before in hand.)​

 

Here are my other Canada bank tokens. I got them at a good price from a fellow in Holland recently.

 

I GOT THIS CHEAP AT A AUCTION ITS DETAILS HAS WHEEL MARKS BUT IST A PRETTY COIN AND IS WAS BORN IN 1949 SO I AM PARCIAL TO THE DATE SMILES!

 

1953 50 Cents, 1928 5 Cents Keeping with the Christmas Spirit 20 dollar. i had to post my favorite 5 Dollar Thunderbird Maple leaf!

 

Like the 1861
N B cent. Never saw one before

 

This 1892 arrived yesterday. I see I have an 1861 NB, did I post it already?

 

I don't think so, post away...

 

1861 NB, here ya go. I just a minute ago paid for a couple Newfoundland large cents, so they should be in the pipeline soon.

 

Wow, that's a nice one. (And before some smartass says it, I'll say it... yes, that is what she said)

 

I posted this one earlier today on the exonumia thread...guess it counts as a Canadian, also as a 'latest acquisition'.

 

I have a bunch of trade dollars that I collected a bunch of years ago. I'll post to exonumia thread soon.

 

Love those Maritime coppers.
Just picked up a new Nova Scotia Half Cent

 

Did I spark an interest...lol on these?

 

Yes, me too...