Post Confederation

ONTARIO, Ottawa - Thomas Church, Bowman #20-37, 29.14mm brass, thickness 2.16mm, 9.27 grams (number seen by Bowman 9) Thomas Church was born in 1843 in Ireland. His father was an artist that painted murals, some of which are in the Canadian Parliament. The family lived in Ottawa since 1851 and Tom got in his career field as a lumberman by 1860. ...

CANADA La Vashti Cigars Advertising Token McColl 783  A generic token that is sometimes attributed to Quebec, but was probably used in several provinces. I have only seen this piece catalogued by W. R. McColl in his 1903 Sales List of Canadian Medals and Business Cards, and even he listed it as "unknown location". A cross country newspaper searc...

NOVA SCOTIA Halifax 1882 Gass' Tea Store Tea Cheque, Breton 902

Ontario, Toronto Crystal Dairy Co. Quart Robert B. Burkell Leroux 1068n countermarked "1/2" c1894, not listed by Breton

QUEBEC, Montreal - Joseph Leroux 25.6mm Copper Token Thickness 1.79mm, 6.76 grams, Breton 582Two hundred struck in December, 1885. Dr. Joseph Leroux issued his tokens to promote his various cataloguesPierre N Breton wrote a biography of LerouxDoctor Joseph Leroux was born at St. Augustin, in the County of Two Mountains, Province of Quebec, on th...

NOVA SCOTIA Halifax Steam Boat Company Ferry Token Breton 900 ICCS MS-60