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50 Сents - Hudson's Bay Company ND
1946 year| Aluminium | - | - |
| Location | Canada |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Hudson's Bay Company |
| King | George VI (1936-1952) |
| Type | Trade tokens › Business tokens |
| Year | 1946 |
| Value | 50 Cents (0.50 CAD) |
| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
| Composition | Aluminium |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#368369 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
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Comment
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. 285c):"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. [...] By 1962 the tokens had served their purpose and were discontinued except at a few isolated posts."
