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Pillar of the Community
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I have a couple from 1979. Is there anyone who collects them?   Edited by Halfwitty
02/07/2010 7:06 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Halfwitty- Are these actually " Trade dollars" or just a commemorative of some sort? |
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I have one dated 1983, which I purchased on-site when I visited there with my family in that year. It has the same coat-of-arms obverse, with the "Observation Deck" reverse.
It was the first Canadian "tourist dollar" I acquired; I've now got about a dozen of them, from places all over Canada. But only the one from Niagara Falls.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looking for a couple more?haha
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Pillar of the Community
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If they were from British Columbia and if I haven't already got them I would be interested... Halfwitty.. the forum here has a buy / sell / trade post where you can list them for sale or try the auction format. nothing ventured.. nothing gained.. Thats a great place for a start..  |
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Here's what mine looks like:  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
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The 1979 Niagara Falls Trade dollar (that is the name they go by in Canada if you were asking a dealer or another collector for them) was issued in nickel and had a mintage of 40,000. The reverse scene depicts The Great Blondin, the stage name for Jean-Francois Gravelet who was a French tightrope walker who walked across the gorge on his rope in 1859. The Standard Catalogue of Canadian Municipal Trade Tokens and Notes lists the value of a BU example as $5.00. Unless scarce, which this one is not, they usually sell for less than book. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks Chequer.I had no idea they had a catalog for these.
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Thanks Adana.That is helpful.
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