Toll Token - Canso Causeway Class 4

Toll Token - Canso Causeway (Class 4) - obverseToll Token - Canso Causeway (Class 4) - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Type Automatic tokens › Transit token
Year 1980
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 6.76 g
Diameter 26.68 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
176796

Obverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
CLASS
4
2700KG
TO
21,800 KG
ϴ
CANSO CAUSEWAY

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
CLASS
4
2700KG
TO
21,800 KG
ϴ
CANSO CAUSEWAY

Edge

Smooth

Mint

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

Comments

The Canso Causeway joins mainland Nova Scotia to Cape Breton Island via the Trans-Canada Highway. Its construction was completed on April 13, 1955 and the causeway officially opened August 13, 1955.

Tokens were issued for the 25th anniversary of the causeway in 1980 and were only collected to enter the island. Tolls for the causeway were lifted on December 13, 1991.

The word "canso" is believed to be derived from the Mi'kmaq word "kamsok" which means "opposite the lofty cliffs". These tokens paid for the 23 million dollar cost of construction. There are 6 known varieties.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1980) ϴ

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