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1 Penny / 2 Sous Quebec Bank
| Issuer | Quebec Bank |
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| Year | 1837 |
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| Currency | Pound |
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| Obverse description | Full-length figure of a Canadian habitant standing facing three-quarters right at centre, dressed in traditional French-Canadian winter attire comprising a long capote coat belted at the waist, toque, and moccasins, holding a stick in his left hand with his right arm slightly extended. The figure stands on a ground line, rendered in a neoclassical engraving style. The circumferential legend reads PROVINCE DU BAS CANADA at the top and DEUX SOUS at the bottom, all within a continuous beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Quebec Bank tokens of 1837 were issued privately during a period when the colonial government had utterly failed to provide adequate small change — a chronic problem in the Canadas that predated Confederation by decades. That same year, the Rebellions of Lower Canada erupted under Louis-Joseph Papineau, and the financial disruption that followed drove hoarding of whatever metallic currency existed. Bank-issued copper filled the vacuum.
Most of these tokens were struck in Birmingham by contract manufacturers supplying the Canadian trade token market wholesale. The LC-9B designation distinguishes this by specific die marriage within the broader Quebec Bank token family.