Calgary, Alberta - One Stampede Dollar 1979 - Calgary Solar Salute

Country: Canada, Calgary
Type: Tokens
Years: 1979
Value: 1 Dollars (1)
Mint: Calgary, Alberta
Currency: Local Dollar Tokens
Mintage: 175,000 
Grade: AU/MS
Composition: Nickel Brass
Weight: 13 g
Diameter: 33 mm
Thickness: 2.04 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized: 08-31-1979
References: Pel# AB124

Commemorative issue: 
Calgary Solar Salute.

Obverse:
Calgary skyline arranged in shape of stylized sun.

Lettering:
CALGARY SOLAR SALUTE
1979
VALUE IN CALGARY ONE DOLLAR EXPIRES AUGUST 31, 1979

Engraver: Doug Stephens.

Reverse:
Cowboy with post. (Hat)

Lettering:
CALGARY STAMPEDE
DOLLAR

Engraver: Doug Stephens

Edge:
Reeded.

Mint:
Sherritt Mint, Fort Saskatchewan, Canada (1927-date).

Comments:
Every year, Calgary hosts the Calgary Stampede, a ten-day rodeo, carnival, and exhibition attracting over a million visitors annually. It is Canada's largest annual festival and has since become a cultural icon of the Canadian Prairies. Starting in 1963, trade dollar tokens were struck for use during the festival as a souvenir and novelty, good for one dollar anywhere in Calgary before a certain expiry date. Because most were kept as souvenirs rather than redeemed, this generated a large profit for both the issuing mint and the Stampede authorities.

Starting in 1976, Stampede Dollars displayed one of four privy marks on the reverse: the boot, the hat, the horseshoe, and the saddle.

The Calgarian Stampede dollars of 1978 and 1979 are unusually professional: it was struck at the government-operated Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg, rather than the private Sherritt Mint in Fort Saskatchewan (typically the source of almost all Canadian trade tokens). Come 1980, the production changed back to Sherritt.

http://www.coinsandcanada.com/tokens-medals-trade-dollars.php?title_en=&id=798

Riferimento : Pel# AB124

Fonte : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumi...

Collezione : Canada - Monnaies et Tokens