1 White Fox - Hudson's Bay Company

Features

Location	Canada
Firma emitująca	Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson
Type	Trade tokens › Business tokens
Year	1946
Composition	Aluminium
Shape	Kwadratowy z okrągłymi narożnikami
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 368371
References	Gingras# 285e Larry Gingras; 1975. Medals Tokens and Paper Money of the Hudson's Bay Company. Canadian Numismatic Research Society.

Obverse

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
HBC
1

Unabridged legend:
Hudson's Bay Company
1 white fox

Reverse

Puste. Automatically translated

Comments

Cała seria została opisana przez Larry'ego Gingrasa, Medals, Tokens and Paper Money of the Hudson's Bay Company, opublikowane przez Canadian Numismatic Research Society, 1975, s. 92 (ten jest nr 285e):

"Jednym z powodów wprowadzenia tych aluminiowych żetonów o jednolitej powierzchni w 1946 r. było zapoznanie Eskimosów z naszym systemem dziesiętnym. Uznano to za konieczne, ponieważ podczas drugiej wojny światowej ruch w Arktyce i poza nią znacznie wzrósł i wszystko wskazywało na to, że będzie tak nadal. Cyfry na okrągłych żetonach wskazują centy, podczas gdy cyfra "1" na kwadratowym żetonie "One White Fox" jest standardem handlu w Arktyce. Do 1962 r. żetony spełniły swoje zadanie i zostały wycofane, z wyjątkiem kilku odosobnionych punktów". Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

The whole series is described by Larry Gingras, Medals, Tokens and Paper Money of the Hudson's Bay Company, published by the Canadian Numismatic Research Society, 1975, p. 92 (this one being no. 285e):

"One of the reasons for introducing these uniface aluminum tokens in 1946 was to familiarize the Eskimo with our decimal system. This was felt necessary because during the second World War traffic in and out of the Arctic had increased a great deal and there was every indication it would continue to do so. The figures on the round tokens indicate cents whereas the numeral "1" on the square token "One White Fox" the standard of trade in the Arctic. By 1962 the tokens had served their purpose and were discontinued except at a few isolated posts."

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1946)

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