2 Dollars - L'Univers du Rail Charny, Quebec

Charny, a small rail town on the south shore of the St. Lawrence opposite Quebec City, hosted L'Univers du Rail — a railway museum and exhibition that briefly made the municipality a destination in the mid-1980s. The token was issued by the city as a local scrip redeemable at the event, a practice that enjoyed a modest revival among Quebec municipalities during this period as a promotional tool tied to festivals and expositions.

Bronze-plated nickel silver was an unusual substrate choice for a municipal issue of this type — costlier to produce than plain aluminum or zinc, suggesting the city intended the piece to serve as a keepsake beyond its transactional life.