1 Dollar - Nanaimo, British Columbia

1 Dollar - Nanaimo, British Columbia - obverse1 Dollar - Nanaimo, British Columbia - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Type Trade tokens › Local administration token
Year 1969
Value 1 Dollar
Currency Canada - Local Dollar Tokens
Composition Brass
Weight 15.5 g
Diameter 39 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 25 July 1969
Number
N#
80615
References Pel# BC6
Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

Commemorative issue

3rd Annual Bathtub Race

Obverse

Two happy stylized people floating in bathtub

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NANAIMO, B.C., CANADA: BATHTUB CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

1969

Reverse

Small fort in upper-left corner with Pacific dogwood flower at bottom

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GOOD FOR One dollar IN TRADE
DURING THE WEEK OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS
3RD ANNUAL BATHTUB RACE
AT COOPERATING BUSINESSES OR
REDEEMABLE FOR $1.01 AT THE
NANAIMO DISTRICT CREDIT UNION
BY THE BATHTUB COIN TRUST FUND
ON OR BEFORE JULY 25, 1969
GUARANTEED BY
COMMUNICOINS LTD.

Edge

Plain

Comments

1,969 of these coins were stamped with the words "JULY 20 - '69 - THE DAY MAN REACHED THE MOON" below the bathtub. These stamped issues are considerably more valuable than their non-stamped brethren.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1969  3 031 100%
1969  1 969 0% "THE DAY MAN REACHED THE MOON"

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 1 Dollar - Nanaimo, British Columbia
Katz
Jubilee Auction 100
Lot 516
Internet Archive
23 Nov 2023 Undetermined USD 4424.49
(EUR 4101.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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