6, ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Aug. 25, 1976

-.tokens.

By Victor Hayes

_ The history of tokens in
Canada has been well
discussed in terms of bank
Private tokens,
those issued by industrial
and business concerns, were
mentioned as well. In this

column, some of the tokens _

and a few Canadian bank
notes will be examined

under

the heading of

Canadian ‘funny ‘money’.

Many of

early

Canadian private. tokens
were struck with slogans

pertaining to the business or _

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concern that they applied to.
After the American

‘Revolution, the Magdalen

Islands were ceeded to one

-Issac Coffin. He ordered a

one penny token struck for

‘use on his territory and they

were manufactured with the
legend Magdalen Island

Token - 1815 surrounding a .
“seal on the obverse, and on

the reverse side, was a
legend _ surrounding a
headless gutted fish open to

the spine (apparently left

a

Camasia, feces
ow onder, af the

out to dry). The legend was

Success to the Fisheries -
One Penny.

In 1816, two tokens were
circulated throughout
Upper Canada in memory of
General Sir Issac Brock who
was killed at the Battle of
Queenston Heights in 1812.
‘He had been a commander
in the war of 1812. The Battle
of Queenston Heights was
popularly considered a

great victory over the

American invaders and the

"Demon Seed"

Principal photography
was completed recently on

MGM’s “Demon Seed”, |

starring Julie Christie. The
tale of terror, focusing on a
woman in unprecedented
jeopardy, also stars Fritz
Weaver.

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in Terrace

‘International
“Demon Seed” is being

produced by Herb Jaffe and

‘directed by Donald Cam-

mell. ,

The picture will be
released next year by
United Artists in the US.
and Canada and by Cinema
Corporation
abroad.

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victory was’ attributed to ~
him. oe _

One token had a ship
under said surrounded by
the legend ‘Success. to
Commerce of Upper and
Lower Canada’ on the ob-
verse and, the reverse was
adorned with the legend ‘Sir
Issac ‘Brook The Hero of
Upper Canada Who Fell at
the Glorious Battle. of

Queenston Heights on the —

13th Oct. 1812.” They mis-
spelled his name on the
token (Brook instead of
Brock).

The other Brock token .
showed a pair of cherubs
placing a wreath on Brock’s
grave upon which was

written ‘Fell Oct. 13 1812’.

The other side of the second.
token carried the legend

Success to Commerce and

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Peace to the World.

A token was issued around
Halifax, Nova Scotia by
Richard. Sheppard, a _hotel-
keeper, that was intended
for use in the billiard room
of his hotel. The token
carried the legend Good for

‘4 Land his initials R.S. on a

plain ground. This token is
quite rare and worth over
one hundred dollars in
excellent condition.

In Newfoundland a token —
was circulated in 1860 to
commemorate the signing
of a fishing treaty between
the British province and the
United States.

The obverse of the piece
carried a legend that read
Fishery Rights for .
Newfoundland (and
surrounded the date 1860.
The reverse of the token
read Responsible Govern-
ment and Free Trade.

In 1813 the Prince Edward
Island government under
Governor Smith (the tyrant)
issued ‘holey dollars’. They —
were Spanish Milled Dollars
with the centres cut out. The
ring was used as a five
shilling piece and the small
centre pieces were used as |
one shilling coins. These .

pieces were countermarked |

with a sun symbol as the
governor’s personal sign.

In Winnipeg, a barber
named John Tobin issued a
token good for one shave at
his shop. The token read
Good for-1-Shave on one side
andJohn Tobin-Winnepeg on
the other, Theother. The
token carries the early
spelling of that city ‘Win-
nepeg’.

Annually between 1901 |
and 1909 the Newfoundland
government issued bills
with values of forty cents, |
fifty cents and eighty cents. —

In 1837, William Lyon
MacKenzie, the defeated

leader of the Upper Canada
‘Rebellion of 1837,
notes to the value of One,

issued

Two and Ten Dollars. They ©

were to be redeemed at the’ -

Toronto City Hall;
presumably when he
returned. in triumph from
his hideaway in New York
State, He never did.

The government of the
Dominion of Canada issued
Four Dollar notes dated
May 1, 1882. More Four
Dollar bills were issued by
the Dominion in 1900 and
1902. .

In 1865 the Central Bank of
New Brunswick issued a
Three Dollar note. The nots
are very rare.

In 1840 the Farmers Bank
of Malden (Upper Canada).
issued a Three Dollar or .
fifteen shilling bank note.
The note was printed with:
both values on the face. ©