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 1981
Value 1 Dollar
Currency Canada - Local Dollar Tokens
Composition Nickel plated steel
Weight 12.9 g
Diameter 33 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 31 December 1981
Number
N#
74061
References Pel# AB184
Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

Commemorative issue

75th Anniversary of Wetaskiwin

Obverse

Mr. S. Swoboda facing forward.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WETASKIWIN
MR. S. SWOBODA
FIRST MAYOR OF WETASKIWIN
AGRICULTURAL CENTRE OF ALBERTA

Reverse

Native American headdress used as logo of Wetaskiwin's 75th anniversary.
Sherritt Mint mark on Reverse above "Northern".

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WETASKIWIN'S 75th. ANNIVERSARY
1906-1981
CITY OF
WETASKIWIN
75
1981
EXPIRES
DEC. 31, 1981
1981
ϴ NORTH AM DOLLAR

Edge

Reeded

Mint

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

Comments

This token was struck with two different expiration dates - some expire on September 1, others expire on December 31. The December 31 variety is more common but neither of the two is much rarer than the other.


Informative leaflet from the token's original packaging

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1981  20 000 December 31 date
1981  September 1 date (mintage included in above)
1981  200 Struck in .999 silver
1981  7 Struck in 24K gold

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