Hudson Bay Company Trade Tokens Público Deposited
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From: "John Lorenzo" <johnmenc@optonline.net>
Subject: Hudson Bay Company Trade Tokens
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An interesting early HBC article. Another source stating the use of=20
trade tokens by the HBC.
For those who own Siboni II ... Neumann supplied me this reference.=20
The period between primitive money and the regular issued HBC Beaver=20
tokens needs MUCH exploration. His piece possibly falls SOMEWHERE=20
between these two monetary periods.
See the link below -
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"The Monetary System of the Far Fur Country," The Beaver 1, no. 9
(June, 1921): 2; and Hudson's Bay Company Trade Tokens and Promissory
Notes, pp. 2-3.
.pdf at:
http://www.historysociety.ca/media/pdf/1-9-921-Jun-pC-4.pdf=20 - 2006-01-12
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