Description
BRITISH COLUMBIA, Kamloops Numismatic Society 1976 39mm Bronze Medal 31.31 grams
Obverse: KAMLOOPS NUMISMATIC SOCIETY / FORT KAMLOOPS L.A.T (Lyle A. Thompson)
Reverse: KAMLOOPS B.C. SALUTES THE TOURIST INDUSTRY / 1976 / AN ALL SEASON PLAYGROUND / E.H.S. (Edward H. Sawatzky) depicts the City arms and The top half shows a water skier and a fisherman in a boat with his line hooked to Kamloops trout.
On October 1, 1964, Kamloops coin collectors formed a club which was named The Kamloops and District Coin Club. The Club's first medals were struck by the Lombardo Mint in 1967 to commemorate Canada's centennial year. The Club struck a medal each year up to 1980 with the exception of 1972. In 1975 the club switched from the Lombardo Mint to the Albert Mint.
City of Kamloops arms was used on several of the medals as the City supported the Kamloops Numismatic Society by purchasing a number of the medals to give to tourists and visiting V.I.P.'s, The mintage figures for 1976 is unrecorded but going by previous mintages it was likely 200 bronze and 100 silver.
