Castorland Token Público Deposited
A silver pattern struck in Paris in 1796 by Duvivier, for a French settlement in the northern part of the State of Xew York. It has on the reverse the figure of Ceres and a beaver in the exergue, with the motto SALVE MAGNA PARENS FRUGUM.
For a detailed description of the token and the Colony see Hickcox, Historical Account of American Coinage, 1858 (p. 85), and Amer. Journal of Numismatics (iv. 34).
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)