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 1970
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 1970
Number
N#
85252
References Pel# ON13
Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

Commemorative issue

Gateways to Manitoulin

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

Bridge and ferry

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ONT. EXPIRES 1970 NOV 30 CAN.

GATEWAYS TO MANITOULIN

HAWEATER DOLLAR

Edge

Plain

Mint

Wellings Mint, Rexdale, Canada

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", a name which was extended to this series of local tokens.

This token was struck at the Wellings Mint.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1970  10 000
1970  500 Antiqued bronze
1970  Plated with gold
1970  Plated with silver

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