Trade Dollar - Grande Prairie, Alberta

Trade Dollar - Grande Prairie, Alberta - obverseTrade Dollar - Grande Prairie, Alberta - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Type Trade tokens › Local administration token
Year 1979
Value 1 Dollar
Currency Canada - Local Dollar Tokens
Composition Nickel
Weight 14.0 g
Diameter 33 mm
Thickness 2.1 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 15 September 1979
Number
N#
67817
References Pel# AB133
Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

Commemorative issue

History of Grande Prairie - 1900s - Early Settlers' Church

Obverse

Majestic trumpeter swan in marsh

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CITY OF GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALBERTA CANADA

Design by
ROBERT C. GUEST

TRUMPETER SWAN

Engraver: Robert C. Guest

Reverse

Church set against cloudy skies with two families outside

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EARLY SETTLERS CHURCH ~ 1900's

DESIGN BY ROBERT C GUEST
TRADE ~ 1979 ~ DOLLAR
VALUE ONE DOLLAR IN GRANDE PRAIRIE - EXPIRES SEPT. 15, 1979

Engraver: Robert C. Guest

Edge

Reeded

Comments

This token has two major varieties. On some, the trumpeter swan has one wing (as on the 1977 issue), but on others it has two wings (as on the 1978 issue). This is because of a mix-up involving dies from years past. The 2-winged variety is slightly rarer.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1979  15 000 1 wing
1979  2 wings
1979  100 Bronze-plated
1979  200 Struck in .999 silver
1979  9 Struck in 24K gold

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