CANADA, MONTREAL, token, 1815

DescriptionFrom Haxby and Willey’s Coins of Canada: “Most of the 1815From Haxby and Willey’s Coins of Canada: “Most of the 1815’s were discovered in 1867 still in mint state in a barrel in a warehouse.”A token is used like a coin but is not a coin. Rather, it stands for a coin without the value of the coin. Maybe its copper, but says its value is the same as a silver coin. Usually tokens were made privately, but sometimes governments got involved.The word “exonumia” is used to describe all kinds of things that are “like” coins but are not coins. I wrote a blog post on that subject. Basic categories: 1. used like a coin but not issued by a national government, 2. looks like a coin but not made for spending, 3. other things that we are interested in.