© Silverwing (CC BY-NC)
© Silverwing (CC BY-NC)
5 Cents - Langlois Cigar Store (Quebec) ND
| Brass | 3.5 g | 21 mm |
| Location | Canada |
|---|---|
| Type | Trade tokens › Business tokens |
| Value | 5 Cents (0.05 CAD) |
| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 3.5 g |
| Diameter | 21 mm |
| Thickness | 1.8 mm |
| Shape | Round with a round hole |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | 9 o'clock ↑← |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#397758 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 100% |
Reverse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GOOD FOR
5 ¢
IN TRADE
Comment
This token comes from Quebec City. There was an article on this one in a 1998 issue of the periodical TCNRS (Volume 34 - No. 1). Thus, this store was run by Edgar Langlois. He opened a bookstore in 1910, but changed its vocation in 1912 to become a tobacco shop (keeping a section for magazines and newspapers), which was located at 42 rue St-Jean near Côte du Palais. He retired in 1962, just two years after moving his tobacco shop to 1134 rue St-Jean. It is said that the use of this token would have been in the early 1920s.
