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Hudson's Bay Company Eastern Arctic Token Set of 6

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 CAD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 CAD
Hudson's Bay Company Eastern Arctic Token Set of 6
SOLD
450.00CAD+ buyer's premium (90.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 May 03 @ 19:56UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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Al, 19-mm to 40-mm uniface tokens issued by the oldest department store still in business today, opened for business in 1670. The tokens in this lot were in use in the Eastern Canadian Arctic from the middle '40s through the early part of the '60s. The denominations are 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 1.00, and all have the letters HBC (Hudson's Bay Company) and the denomination incused. The tokens are listed in the standard reference catalog, Medals, Tokens, and Paper Money of the Hudson's Bay Company by Larry Gingras. The catalog numbers are 285, 285a, 285b, 285c, 285d and 285e. 6 Pcs.