Articoli Columbia Britannica

(en) During the period 1794 to 1867, Great Britain's foreign policy was to maintain rigid control of the British North American colonies. Colonies were to produce the raw materials needed by the homeland and to pay for imported goods in what the mother country considered legal tender. As the local colonial economies grew the need for circulating coinage became quite acute because they were constantly short of legal tender coins. Consequently the colonists resorted to their own ingenuity and produced many local tokens from many sources, including counterfeits. Per saperne di più

Collegamenti esterni: Wikidata (Q1973), Wikipedia

Vedi anche: Canada, Province Canadesi, Basso Canada, Nuova Scozia, Isola del Principe Edoardo, Alto Canada, Nuovo Brunswick, Province Unite del Canada, Alberta, Terranova, Nuova Francia

1 Dollar
1863
Banconote › Banconota regolare

P# S206, N# 334226

2 Dollars - British Columbia (Liberty head)
1849
Coniatura di emergenza › Gettoni di commerciante
Oro
N# 122445

10 Dollars - Gold pattern
1862
Monete › Modello
Oro 900‰ • 16.718 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Ch# Bc-3, N# 419988

10 Dollars - Silver Pattern
1862
Monete › Modello
Argento • 11.2 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Ch# Bc-1, N# 419994

20 Dollars - British Columbia (Gold pattern)
1862
Monete › Modello
Oro 900‰ • 33.436 g • ⌀ 34 mm
Ch# Bc-4, N# 420341

20 Dollars - British Columbia (Silver Pattern)
1862
Monete › Modello
Argento • 26.6 g • ⌀ 34 mm
Ch# Bc-2, N# 420343