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Actions	Hudson's Bay trading token Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberP1337 TitleHudson's Bay trading token CreatorHudson's Bay Company DescriptionAluminium Hudson's Bay Company trading token 5 cents. Obverse: Denomination stamp. Lettering: 'HBC 5'. Reverse: Blank. In 1946 the Hudson's Bay Company issued rather simple tokens for use in Arctic trading posts, with the primary reason for their use to teach the local Inuit how to work with the decimal monetary system. The use of these tokens was discontinued in 1962. Production date 1946 - 1962 Object nametoken, trading Materialaluminium Dimensions diameter: 2.0 cm

Object numberP1337

TitleHudson's Bay trading token

DescriptionAluminium Hudson's Bay Company trading token 5 cents. Obverse: Denomination stamp. Lettering: 'HBC 5'. Reverse: Blank. In 1946 the Hudson's Bay Company issued rather simple tokens for use in Arctic trading posts, with the primary reason for their use to teach the local Inuit how to work with the decimal monetary system. The use of these tokens was discontinued in 1962.

Production date 1946 - 1962

Object nametoken, trading

Materialaluminium

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