Canada - Fichas comerciais e históricas de cobre-tokens - Commemorative token





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Description from the seller
As three pieces shown in the image are not official circulating government coins, but rather copper trade and historical tokens from the United Kingdom and Canada, minted between the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Below are the details and identification of each piece:
1. Lower Canada Trade Token (Top)
Inscription: "AGRICULTURE & COMMERCE / BAS CANADA".
Type: Known popularly as a "Bouquet Sou".
Origin: Province of Lower Canada (now Quebec), issued mainly during the 1830s by private banks (such as Banque du Peuple) to supply the severe shortage of small-denomination coins in the region.
Design: Presents a bouquet with heraldic floral symbols (such as the rose, the thistle, the shamrock and the wheat) tied by a ribbon.
2. Conder Token "For General Convenience" (Left)
Inscription: "FOR GENERAL CONVENIENCE".
Type: Halfpenny Conder Token.
Origin: Middlesex, England, minted around 1797.
Design: Displays the right-facing profile bust of a knight in armor and helmet with a crest. The reverse of these tokens typically portrays Britannia seated.
3. George III Trade Token (Right)
Inscription: "GEORGIUS III D.G. REX..." (George III, by the Grace of God, King).
Type: This is a contemporary imitation or evasive money token from the late eighteenth century.
Origin: Great Britain.
Design: Bears the laureate profile bust of King George III of the United Kingdom. During this period, extreme scarcity of genuine copper coins led merchants and private manufacturers to mass-produce their own pieces with the monarch’s effigy simplified to facilitate daily trade.
Seller's Story
As three pieces shown in the image are not official circulating government coins, but rather copper trade and historical tokens from the United Kingdom and Canada, minted between the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Below are the details and identification of each piece:
1. Lower Canada Trade Token (Top)
Inscription: "AGRICULTURE & COMMERCE / BAS CANADA".
Type: Known popularly as a "Bouquet Sou".
Origin: Province of Lower Canada (now Quebec), issued mainly during the 1830s by private banks (such as Banque du Peuple) to supply the severe shortage of small-denomination coins in the region.
Design: Presents a bouquet with heraldic floral symbols (such as the rose, the thistle, the shamrock and the wheat) tied by a ribbon.
2. Conder Token "For General Convenience" (Left)
Inscription: "FOR GENERAL CONVENIENCE".
Type: Halfpenny Conder Token.
Origin: Middlesex, England, minted around 1797.
Design: Displays the right-facing profile bust of a knight in armor and helmet with a crest. The reverse of these tokens typically portrays Britannia seated.
3. George III Trade Token (Right)
Inscription: "GEORGIUS III D.G. REX..." (George III, by the Grace of God, King).
Type: This is a contemporary imitation or evasive money token from the late eighteenth century.
Origin: Great Britain.
Design: Bears the laureate profile bust of King George III of the United Kingdom. During this period, extreme scarcity of genuine copper coins led merchants and private manufacturers to mass-produce their own pieces with the monarch’s effigy simplified to facilitate daily trade.

