The Canadian currency tokens need to be identified by colony of issue - either Lower Canada or Upper Canada,& put into either of those 2 listings.
The Lower Canadian Harp one is most definitely a 1/2 Penny,therefore,that one needs to be transferred into Lower Canada's listings,along with those Bouquet 1 Sou & 'Front View' tokens from Montreal.
The St. George piece needs to be transferred into Upper Canada's listings.
Done. However, St-George tokens should not be moved under Upper Canada listings, since it's the name of the bank, but it doesn't correspond to the geographic area of Upper Canada, it was issued under the Province of Canada. Regarding those, I don't know which way to turn. I mean, I don't know if I should create a new listing for Province of Canada, because the first cents issued in 1858-1859 were issued when the Canada was called Province of Canada. I think this should be confusing and a bit utterly nonsense. I'll ask my teamates and I'll get back to you.
Regards,
Ginger
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The name 'Bas-Canada' is most definitely the Quebecois-French for 'Lower Canada'.
As for the St. George pieces,they are listed under 'Upper Canada' in Krause,'Coins of Canada',& most likely,in Charlton.It makes perfect sense to have them listed there.
Upper Canada did not cease to exist with the union of Lower Canada & Upper Canada after the 1837 Rebellions.Upper Canada continued to exist within the Province of Canada.
Lower Canada ceased to exist in 1867 when the Province of Quebec was established within the Dominion of Canada.Upper Canada ended up becoming the Province of Ontario.
Yes, that's the québécois word. I created the currency in French, so that on the French version, it's written in French. There must be an error somewhere, as Haxby lists it under Province of Canada, unless I'm wrong...
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Ok, I've moved them under "Province du Canada". I moved the St-George and Québec tokens there as well, since I'm really not sure if they really belong to Upper Canada or Lower Canada. I saw that there were two seperate listings for Bas-Canada/Lower Canada, so I gathered all of them together under Bas-Canada. And I use the currency Livre canadienne rather than livre du Bas-Canada, which I feel is more accurate. However, the 1858-1859 cent will stay in Canada. Haxby says it's Province of Canada to tell it apart from those issued when it was a dominion, yet the coin clearly reads Canada, not Province of Canada.
Regards,
Ginger
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Ginger,
The 1858-59 1 Cent coins are actually slightly lighter than the 1876-1901 Dominion issue 1 Cent coins.
The 1858 silver coins also differ from the 1870-1901 Dominion issue coins in these 2 respects;
The portrait of Queen Victoria is uncrowned on the 1858 5,10,& 50 Cents,& crowned on the Dominion coins.
The 20 Cents was struck only in 1858.After 1870,it was decided to put a 25 Cents coin in circulation instead & the 20 Cents was pulled from circulation.
Yes, I know, but I think it's better to let them in Canada, some coins were struck in an continuous period of time from the province to the dominion. If not, I'm afraid that people would look for them without knowing that they would habe been moved under Province of Canada and then create doubles.
Regards,
Ginger
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Verweis : GingerOk, I've moved them under "Province du Canada". I moved the St-George and Québec tokens there as well, since I'm really not sure if they really belong to Upper Canada or Lower Canada. I saw that there were two seperate listings for Bas-Canada/Lower Canada, so I gathered all of them together under Bas-Canada. And I use the currency Livre canadienne rather than livre du Bas-Canada, which I feel is more accurate. However, the 1858-1859 cent will stay in Canada. Haxby says it's Province of Canada to tell it apart from those issued when it was a dominion, yet the coin clearly reads Canada, not Province of Canada.
Regards,
Ginger
Ginger,
The Canadian Pound was only in use between 1841 & 1858.
Although the Montreal & Quebec City currency tokens were expressed in Canadian Pounds,they would not have been acceptable for circulation in Toronto,for example,even though Upper Canada used their own currency tokens,which were also expressed in Canadian Pounds.
That is more reason why the St. George pieces need to be transferred into an 'Upper Canada' section,but still indicated in Canadian Pounds.
The 'Habitant' & 'Front View' pieces need to be transferred into a 'Lower Canada' section,along with the 'Bouquet Sous'.
The 'Bouquet Sous' are expressed in Lower Canadian Pounds,so this will need to be indicated.
Done, all the "Province du Canada" tokens were moved under Haut and Bas Canada. I also wrote on the sous tokens file what they were equal to in pence. Please tell me if you find any other mistake.
Regards,
Ginger
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