HBC Token Follow-Up in Siboni II 上市 Deposited
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From: "John Lorenzo" <johnmenc@optonline.net>
Subject: HBC Token Follow-Up in Siboni II
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For those participants who received the Siboni II book the HB token=20
that my friend Don Neumann wrote about has an interesting follow-up.=20
In the book by A.D. Hoch "Candian Tokens & Medals" in the article=20
written in 1921 by M.Sorensen "The Hudson Bay Comapny & Its Currency"=20
he mentions wooden money which had the Hudson Bay Company logo as HB=20
(joined) as in Neumann's piece pictured in Siboni II (copper plated=20
lead HB token or bale piece?). I have enclosed a picture in FILES. The=20
advancement of primitive money with the Indians of the time to the=20
eventual HBC brass money is an interesting one ... we are currently=20
checking different forms of wooden money to see if any other types of=20
examples other than Sorensen exits ... for sure ... next time the ANS=20
has a Candian Money theme ... I may step forward with Mr. Neumann if I=20
can convince him to fly in from the mid-west. - 2005-12-11
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