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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiftypee, post: 120038, member: 4700&quot;]Hello folks:</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen these coins around alot here in Canada.&nbsp; This is a token representing British Columbia as 1871 is the year British Columbia entered into the Canadian Federation.&nbsp; The Pacific Dogwood is the flower of British Columbia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Who made them?&nbsp; I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; Could have been a private company, and somewhere in the back of my mind I am thinking they may have been issued by Shell Gas, or some other oil company.&nbsp; I could be way off base here with this info.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen other types of similar coins made for the various provinces and territories, and I think they were issued in conjunction with the Centennial year of Canada becoming a Federation (1967)</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah the ones I have seen are bronze looking too, but they have no monetary value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this adds some more info.</p><p><br /></p><p>fiftypee : ][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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