Country: * Tokens * (Canada - Local Dollar Tokens)
Type: Token
Years: 1977
Value: 1 Dollar (1)
Currency: Local Dollar Tokens
Grade: UNC
Mintage: 100,000
Composition: Nickel
Weight: 14.17 g
Diameter: 32.5 mm
Thickness: 2.14 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized: 05-31-1977
Reference: -
Commemorative issue:
Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound - Chief Maquinna.
Obverse:
Chief Maquinna to right.
Lettering:
c1760 1825
MAQUINNA
Reverse:
Natives in a canoe, legend around and date to right.
Lettering:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Joseph
Smith
1977
NOOTKA DOLLAR
CURRENCY VALUE $1.00 · EXPIRES MAY 31, 1977.
Edge:
Reeded.
Comments:
For three years, "Indian Heritage Dollars" were issued in three series by the North West Indian Cultural Society in British Columbia for use throughout the province. British Columbia has maintained a greater population of indigenous First Nations people compared to other provinces because of its relatively late colonization and mountainous terrain, and has continually been at the forefront of Canadian native rights struggles. These dollars aimed to highlight the diverse cultures and histories of British Columbia's many different First Nations tribes.
Maquinna was the chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound, during the heyday of the maritime fur trade in the 1780s and 1790s on the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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Collection : Canada - Monnaies et Tokens