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1 Dollar - Aurora, Ontario

1 Dollar - Aurora, Ontario - obverse1 Dollar - Aurora, Ontario - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Type Local coins
Year 1963
Value 1 Dollar (1 CAD)
Currency Dollar (1858-date)
Composition Bronze
Diameter 40 mm
Thickness 2.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 6 July 1963
Number
N#
169271
References Pel# ON4
Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

Obverse

Locomotive.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FIRST STEAM TRAIN RAN TO AURORA
1853
GOOD FOR 1 DOLLAR JUNE 30TH - JULY 6TH 1963

Reverse

Sun.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AURORA
1863-1963
CENTENNIAL
CANADA

Edge

Plain

Comments

There are 4 varieties of the bronze coin. They are differentiated by the number of cloud lines above the front of the locomotive and position of the designer's initials (beside A in AURORA, in the sun ray at 4 O'clock or absent. The mintage includes all varieties.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1963  10 000 ON4A - 2 clouds, initials beside A
1963  ON4B - 3 clouds, inits beside A
1963  ON4C - 1 cloud, inits. In ray
1963  ON4D - 1 cloud, no inits.
1963  Silver

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