Habitant Tokens Público Deposited
In 1837, through an ordinance passed by the special Council, the four banks doing business in Lower Canada were authorized to issue regular bank tokens. As these bore the figure of a French-Canadian farmer on the obverse, they are known as the "Habitant" tokens. They came to be recognized and accepted as a regular provincial coinage. See Papineau.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)