North Am Dollar - Wetaskiwin, Alberta

North Am Dollar - Wetaskiwin, Alberta - obverseNorth Am Dollar - Wetaskiwin, Alberta - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Type Trade tokens › Local administration token
Year 1978
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 1 September 1978
Number
N#
73787
References Pel# AB121
Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

Commemorative issue

Chiefs Little Bear and Buffalo Child

Obverse

Little Bear and Buffalo Child.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WETASKIWIN
LITTLE BEAR * BUFFALO CHILD
AGRICULTURAL CENTRE OF ALBERTA

Reverse

First Nations war hatchet with hilly backdrop.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WETASKIWIN
"HILLS OF PEACE"
1978
EXPIRES SEPT. 1, 1978
* NORTH AM DOLLAR ϴ

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Mintmark of Sherritt Mint (ϴ) Sherritt Mint, Fort Saskatchewan, Canada (1927-date)

Comments

According to legend, two fighters from the Cree and Blackfoot peoples once mistakenly shared a pipe in the hills near what is now Wetaskiwin, and because this act was associated with peace the two fighters and their tribes had no choice but to end the feud. The name "Wetaskiwin" has its roots in the Cree for "the hills where peace was made".


Informative leaflet from the token's original packaging

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1978 ϴ 20 000
1978 ϴ 30 Struck in .999 silver
1978 ϴ 10 Struck in 24K gold

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