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 1977
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 30 November 1977
Number
N#
74363
References Pel# ON58
Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

Commemorative issue

The Cup and Saucer Lookout

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

The Cup and Saucer Lookout with address, logo of the Lions Club, and hawberries

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HAWEATER 1977 DOLLAR
ONTARIO
CANADA

LIONS

EXPIRES NOVEMBER 30, 1977

THE CUP AND SAUCER LOOKOUT

JUNCTION 540 AND BIDWELL ROAD

Edge

Reeded

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
1977  10 000

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