Encased Cent - Standard Fuel Co. Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) ND front Encased Cent - Standard Fuel Co. Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) ND back
Encased Cent - Standard Fuel Co. Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) ND photo
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Encased Cent - Standard Fuel Co. Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) ND

 
Bimetallic: bronze centre in aluminium ring 8.8 g 41.2 mm
Description
Location
Canada
Type
Medals › Advertising medallions
Composition
Bimetallic: bronze centre in aluminium ring
Weight
8.8 g
Diameter
41.2 mm
Thickness
2.2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#414367
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Horseshoe and 4 leaf clover
Canadian Victoria large cent in center (head)

Script: Latin

Lettering: KEEP ME AND ALWAYS HAVE MONEY

Edge

Plain

Comment

This token is known with a 1 cent coin of the following years: 1881H, 1884, 1890H, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1898H, 1899, 1900 and 1900H, but there may be others.
The Standard Fuel Co. also had a similar token made for the United States with a 1901 Indian Head cent :

https://tokencatalog.com/token_record_forms.php?action=DisplayTokenRecord&td_id=662596&inventory_id=815237&td_image_id=621737&attribution_id=690290&record_offset=0