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 1967
Value 1 Dollar
Currency Canada - Local Dollar Tokens
Composition Brass
Weight 12.7 g
Diameter 34 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 31 December 1967
Number
N#
70758
References Pel# AB15
Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

Commemorative issue

Centennial of Canadian Confederation

Obverse

Coat of arms of Peace River

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PEACE RIVER ALBERTA
UE

Reverse

12-Foot Davis standing in front of the logo of Canada's centennial

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LAND OF 12 FOOT DAVIS

GOOD FOR $1.00 IN TRADE
UNTIL DEC. 31
1967

Edge

Plain

Mint

UE Universal Emblems, Edmonton, Canada (1964-?)

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
1967 UE 5 000

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