A Continuing Thread ~ Post Your Tokens, Medals, Exonumia Acquisitions

* Tokens * (Canada - Local Dollar Tokens)
Red River 1976 Dollar - Winnipeg, Manitoba'

I wanted to add the other HK-304 I have in my collection as it is different than the HK-304 I posted yesterday - this one is the "No Star" version (though it is not indicated on the NGC insert).




Close-up view showing lack of star on the Mississippi River across (to the right) from the "UR" in "PURCHASE."


For comparison, here's the HK-304 "w/ Star" variety previously shown. The star and rays are meant to indicate the launch point for the L&C expedition - St. Joseph, MO.



I'm not typically a collector of minor die varieties, but this was a much more significant and intentional change to the dies, so I wanted an example in my collection. In contrast, I have read there are varieties with rays of different lengths, I have no interest in seeking them out.

My 37th different Heraldic Art Medal
1965 Erie Canal

The New York Legislature wanted a canal across New York to boost trade and commerce and 7 million dollars was granted for the construction of the canal.

The Erie Canal opened in 1825. The canal connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and through this waterway to the Atlantic Ocean.
The canal was opened by Governor DeWitt Clinton who is credited as the force behind the canal and its construction. The Erie Canal was sometimes called "Clinton's Big Ditch".

The waterway today referred to as the Erie Canal is quite different from the nineteenth-century Erie Canal. More than half of the original Erie Canal was destroyed or abandoned at the time of construction of the New York State Barge Canal in the early 20th century.
The sections of the original route remaining in use, mostly west of Syracuse, were widened significantly, with bridges over the canal rebuilt and locks replaced.

I have crossed the Erie Canal draw bridge on my way to Lake Ontario many times in Albion NY.
The first time I crossed it I was surprised at how narrow it was at that point and how close to the water the drawbridge was. As a kid in school, learning about the great canal, I expected something much bigger. But in the 1820's and the tools hard workers used to build it, this was an amazing project.

I've got an old mule and her name is Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal.



"Lockport, Erie Canal"
by W.H. Bartlett

Great Heraldic Art Erie Canal medal. Thanks for sharing it!

I enjoyed collecting the series and even exhibited my set at the ANA Convention one year. They were all well done and make for a very nice collection. I look forward to seeing more!

I thought I'd share another Exposition medal struck by the US Mint. This time around its from 1895 and is the Official Medal of the Cotton States and International Exposition held in Atlanta, GA.

* Tokens * (Canada - Local Dollar Tokens)
1972 Dollar - Edmonton, Alberta
Klondike Days.