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1973.11.26

ID Number: 1973.11.26
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: exchange medium
Item Name: token
Date: 1852
Materials: metal, copper
Description: provincial halfpenny
obverse: seated figure, ship, cliff and citadel; Quebec Bank token/ 1852/ halfpenny
reverse: standing figure; Province du Canada/ un sou
History: This item and others from Windsor Public Library (WPL) (73.11) 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.
Place made: Canada
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

Subjects

Banks / Banques subject

Quebec Bank organization

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