Haweater Dollar - Manitoulin Island, Ontario

Haweater Dollar - Manitoulin Island, Ontario - obverseHaweater Dollar - Manitoulin Island, Ontario - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Type Trade tokens › Local administration token
Year 1976
Value 1 Dollar
Currency Canada - Local Dollar Tokens
Composition Nickel brass
Weight 13.0 g
Diameter 32 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 20 November 1976
Number
N#
73743
References Pel# ON44
Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

Commemorative issue

Treasure Island

Obverse

Outline of Manitoulin Island with deer, tipi, and fisherman.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GOOD ON MANITOULIN FOR $1

CANADA'S ONLY UNCEDED
INDIAN RESERVE

WORLD'S LARGEST FRESH WATER ISLAND

Reverse

View of low-lying Treasure Island

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HAWEATER DOLLAR
ONTARIO, CANADA
LIONS
L
EXPIRES NOVEMBER 20,1976
TREASURE ISLAND
MINDEMOYA

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Mintmark of Sherritt Mint (ϴ) Sherritt Mint, Fort Saskatchewan, Canada (1927-date)

Comments

Manitoulin Island sits in Lake Huron and is the largest freshwater island in the world. Interestingly, it contains three large freshwater lakes of its own, each of which has still more freshwater islands. The island is home to some thousands of Native Americans and non-natives alike. The first white settlers on the island initially had some difficulty growing food, and to survive they ate the abundant hawberries which are found in large concentrations on the island. Because of this, someone born on the island is known as a "Haweater", and that name was also extended to this series of local tokens.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1976 ϴ 10 000

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