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DEATH DOLLAR [1 record]

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Record 1 1997-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
OBS

The 1958 silver dollar commemorating the Centenary of the gold rush and the establishment of British Columbia as a Crown colony, was called the "death dollar" by those Aboriginal people who disliked the coin because the reverse bore a totem pole section topped by a raven, symbol of death for them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage
OBS

Nom qu'ont donné certains Autochtones au dollar en argent de 1958 commémorant le centenaire de la ruée vers l'or et de la fondation de la Colombie-Britannique en tant que colonie de la Couronne, en désapprobation du motif du revers reproduisant une section de totem dont l'élément du sommet représente un corbeau, le symbole de la mort pour eux.

Spanish

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