Medal - Medallic History of Canada (British North America Act) ND

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Passed in 1867
by the British parliament, the
BNA Act created a federal union
of the following provinces: Ontario,
Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia,
to be known as the "Dominion of Canada".

L'Acte de l'ABN fut voté par le parlement
britannique en 1867 pour grouper. les
provinces de l'Ontario, du Québec, du
Nouveau Brunswick, de la Nouvelle-
Ecosse, sous le vocable:
Dominion du Canada.

Wellings Mint Mark

Edge

Plain with text

Lettering: FRANKLIN BRONZE, Wellings Mint Mark, 72, P

Comment

This was part of a series of 100 historical medals in 2 volumes of 50 made by the Wellings Mint (Wellings Mint was assimilated by the Franklin Mint in 1973). There was a limited run of around 1000 I believe, which is why the edge is numbered.

Made in bronze and sterling silver versions.

The Constitution Act, 1867 was originally known as the British North America Act (BNA Act). It was the law passed by the British Parliament on 29 March 1867 to create the Dominion of Canada. It came into effect on 1 July 1867. The Act is the foundational document of Canada’s Constitution. It outlines the structure of government in Canada and the distribution of powers between the central Parliament and the provincial legislatures. It was renamed the Constitution Act, 1867 with the patriation of the Constitution in 1982.