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At various times, the government did not mint copper coins of small denominations, in order to meet the daily needs of the people. Tokens were created to fill the void. The first period of token production lasted from 1648 to 1672. Issued by merchants and tradesmen, these were usually only payable at the establishment that issued the token. The second period is from 1787 to 1797. These were issued by corporations and counties as well as individual merchants; many were redeemable at numerous locations. A third period lasted from 1811 to 1815 (and intermittently afterwards). | |||||||||||||
In Canada
In the colonies, the shortage of low denomination coins continued, and tokens circulated sporadically through the 19th century until the minting of official coinage.These "Pre-Confederation tokens" were Canada's first small change before Confederation in 1867. |
Ted's Tokens
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The first three pages in the Token section are Canadian. The tokens are listed by area (generally east to west) and, where appropriate, by type. I have also included their catalogue number. Page 4 contains British tokens, and Page 5 discusses the history of the Hanging Fleece design.
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