Description
BRITISH COLUMBIA Vancouver 1971 CNA 38mm Silver Banquet Medal 32.98 grams by the Wellings Mint
Despite the order for the regular medals for the convention going to Pressed Metal Products of Vancouver, the Wellings Mint of Toronto distributed a special medal to each of the 159 banquet attendees.
Obverse: seal of the CAN, 18TH ANNUAL CONVENTION / VANCOUVER B.C., AUGUST 26,27,28, 1971 / CANADIAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION EST. 1950
Reverse: depicts Canadian Pacific Hotel Vancouver (now Fairmont), HOTEL VANCOUVER
Edge: Wellings Hallmark 71 P