Stampede Dollar - Calgary, Alberta

Stampede Dollar - Calgary, Alberta - obverseStampede Dollar - Calgary, Alberta - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Type Trade tokens › Local administration token
Year 1974
Value 1 Dollar
Currency Canada - Local Dollar Tokens
Composition Nickel brass
Weight 13.0 g
Diameter 33 mm
Thickness 2.06 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 31 August 1974
Number
N#
67882
References Pel# AB61
Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

Commemorative issue

Salute to Aviation

Obverse

Cowboy sitting with horse.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CALGARY STAMPEDE
DOLLAR

Engraver: Doug Stephens

Reverse

Old biplane flying over map of Canada.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SALUTE TO
AVIATION
SILVER DART 1909
VALUE $1.00 IN CALGARY EXPIRES AUGUST 31, 1974

Engraver: Doug Stephens

Edge

Reeded

Comments

Every year, Calgary hosts the Calgary Stampede, a ten-day rodeo, carnival, and exhibition attracting over a million visitors annually. It is Canada's largest annual festival and has since become a cultural icon of the Canadian Prairies. Starting in 1963, trade dollar tokens were struck for use during the festival as a souvenir and novelty, good for one dollar anywhere in Calgary before a certain expiry date. Because most were kept as souvenirs rather than redeemed, this generated a large profit for both the issuing mint and the Stampede authorities.

http://www.coinsandcanada.com/tokens-medals-trade-dollars.php?title_en=&id=798

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1974  155 000 100%
1974  120 0% Struck in .999 silver
1974  50 0% Struck in 24K gold

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