Token - Tory 3 Percent Ontario
Features
| Location |
Canada
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Advertising medallions › Satirical medals |
| Year | 1961 |
| Composition | Cardboard |
| Weight | 1.07 g |
| Diameter | 28.5 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Coloured |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 556590 |
Commemorative issue
Implimentation of Ontario's First Sales Tax
Obverse
Central caricature of "Frost bitten" Ontario taxpayer facing right, surrounded by the legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
· TORY 3 PERCENT ·
SALES TAX TOKEN
Reverse
Central white trillium (Ontario provincial emblem), surrounded by the legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
· ONTARIO'S BIGGEST NUISANCE ·
CONSERVATIVE SALES TAX
Edge
Plain
Comments
As per Wikipedia, " … (Ontario Premier) Leslie Frost's finance minister, and introduced the province's first sales tax, nicknamed the "Frost bite" at a rate of 3%."
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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