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1 Dollar - Rotary Club Simcoe, Ontario
| Issuer | Rotary Club of Simcoe, Ontario |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Thickness | 2.1 mm |
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| Obverse description | A detailed architectural rendering of the Simcoe Court House occupies the central field, depicted in three-quarter perspective with its prominent clock tower rising at left and a classical pediment crowning the main facade. The building features arched windows and rusticated stonework rendered in fine relief against a mirror-polished field. The arc legend COURT HOUSE SQUARE curves along the upper periphery, while SIMCOE - ONTARIO - CANADA arcs along the lower periphery, both separated from the field by a beaded inner border. |
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| Reverse lettering | SIMCOE ROTARY DOLLAR EXP. DEC. 1976 |
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Rotary International's 1976 convention year prompted dozens of local Canadian chapters to issue trade dollars as fundraising vehicles — Simcoe's among them. These club-issued pieces occupied a grey zone in Canadian numismatics: struck in fine silver to attract collectors, yet carrying no legal tender status whatsoever.
The Norfolk County town of Simcoe had issued earlier trade dollars in base metal; the move to .999 silver reflected the collector market's expectations by the mid-1970s, when bullion prices were climbing steadily toward the spike that would peak in 1980.