1 Dollar - Peace River, Alberta

1 Dollar - Peace River, Alberta - obverse1 Dollar - Peace River, Alberta - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Type Trade tokens › Local administration token
Year 1977
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 15 October 1977
Number
N#
74554
References Pel# AB102
Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

Commemorative issue

The Town of Peace River

Obverse

Grain elevator, houses, and bridge over the Peace River with rays in background

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TOWN OF PEACE RIVER

The Grain - The River - The Railroad and the Youth

Reverse

12-Foot Davis standing

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PEACE RIVER

VALUE ONE DOLLAR
IN PEACE RIVER
EXPIRES OCT. 15, 1977

Land of
Twelve Foot
Davis

ALBERTA - CANADA

Edge

Reeded

Mint

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

Comments

12-Foot Davis (full name Henry Fuller Davis) was a Gold Rush personality who later came to settle in the Peace River area, but he wasn't actually 12 feet tall. Rather, he noticed two adjacent claims in the gold fields which were wider than regulations permitted. So he staked his own claim between these two, a claim just 12 feet wide, and extracted $15,000 worth of gold, earning his nickname in the process. Later in life, he became a fur trader and was renowned for his hospitality. Because of his interesting claim to fame and reputation as an upstanding pioneer, he features prominently on all trade dollars from Peace River.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1977  10 000

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