1973.11.25

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Details

ID Number

1973.11.25

Category

Communication Artifacts

Sub-category

exchange medium

Item Name

token

Date

1837

Materials

metal, copper

Description

provincial half penny;
obverse: bank token/ 1837/ halfpenny/ concordia salus; garter enclosing diagonal cross, thistle, rose, shamrock, beaver
reverse: Province du Bas Canada/ un sou; standing figure
worn, nick in rim

History

This item and others from Windsor Public Library (WPL) (73.11) were found when the libraryrelocated from Carnegie hall to its new Main library on Ouellette in 1973. Probably had been accumulated by the Essex Historical Society.

Place made

Canada

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Bank of Montreal / Banque de Montreal organization

Banks / Banques subject

Carnegie Library place

Lower Canada place