Centennial Dollar - Crowsnest Pass, Alberta

Centennial Dollar - Crowsnest Pass, Alberta - obverseCentennial Dollar - Crowsnest Pass, 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
Weight 14.0 g
Diameter 33 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 31 October 1974
Number
N#
70750
References Pel# AB62
Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

Commemorative issue

Centennial of the R.C.M.P.

Obverse

Mountie on horseback in mountains

Script: Latin

Lettering:
R.C.M.P CENTENNIAL DOLLAR

1974

Reverse

Crows' nest on barbed wire fence in front of Crowsnest Mountain

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CROWSNEST PASS

VALID IN
PARTICIPATING
COMMUNITIES

EXPIRES
OCTOBER 31
1974

ONE DOLLAR

Edge

Reeded

Comments

The Crowsnest Pass is a mountain pass crossing the Continental Divide (the geographic boundary between rivers that empty into the Pacific Ocean and rivers that empty into the Atlantic Ocean), which also serves as the provincial border between British Columbia and Alberta. Five coal-mining communities in the area - Bellevue, Blairmore, Coleman, Frank, and Hillcrest - have been amalgamated into the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass since 1979. Together, they have a population of 5,565. As it became less profitable to mine coal in the region, the main industry shifted to tourism, and the area is today full of museums and historical sites.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1974  10 000
1974  74 Struck in .999 silver
1974  35 Struck in 24K gold

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