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1973.11.14

ID Number: 1973.11.14
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: exchange medium
Item Name: token
Date: 1842
Materials: metal, copper
Description: copper; provincial halfpenny; green patina in low areas
obverse: [garter enclosing diagonal cross, rose, thistle, shamrock, beaver] Bank token/ 1842/ half penny/ Concordia salus
reverse: [3-storied building] province of Canada/ Bank of Montreal
History: Provincial Token This item and others from Windsor Public Library (WPL) were found when the library relocated from Carnegie hall to its new Main library on Ouellette in 1973. Probably had been accumulated by the Essex Historical Society.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

Subjects

Bank of Montreal / Banque de Montreal organization

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