Dollar du Carnaval - Quebec City, Quebec

Dollar du Carnaval - Quebec City, Quebec - obverseDollar du Carnaval - Quebec City, Quebec - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Type Trade tokens › Local administration token
Year 1978
Value 1 Dollar
Currency Canada - Local Dollar Tokens
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 19.2 g
Diameter 34 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 17 February 1978
Number
N#
31725
References Pel# QC5
Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

Commemorative issue

Bonhomme in 1957

Obverse

The symbol of Quebec City - a stylized sailing ship

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1978
LA VILLE DE QUEBEC
DOLLAR DU CARNAVAL

Reverse

Bonhomme, mascot of the Quebec Carnaval, as he appeared for the 1957 Carnaval

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CARNAVAL DE QUEBEC
VALEUR DE $1
NON VALIDE APRES LE 17 FÉVRIER 1978
EFFIGIE DU BONHOMME CARNAVAL - 1957

Edge

Reeded

Comments

The series of tokens from Quebec City, issued for their famous Carnaval de Quebec, is undoubtedly the most complex token series ever seen in Canada. Every year, starting in 1978, multiple different types of tokens were issued. Each type featured a nostalgic scene from a Carnaval of years past - in the first years of issue, this scene was always the famous mascot Bonhomme (who changes slightly every year), but in later years many different aspects of past Carnavals were featured. Because many different types were issued over so many different years, over 56 different types of tokens from Quebec City are known to exist!

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1978  6 033 97%
1978  5 3% Struck in .925 silver

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