1 Dollar - Lethbridge, Alberta
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Features
| Location |
Canada
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Local coins |
| Year | 1981 |
| Value | 1 Dollar (1 CAD) |
| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
| Composition | Nickel plated steel |
| Weight | 12.9 g |
| Diameter | 33 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 30 September 1981 |
| Number | N# 80031 |
| References | Pel# AB177 Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada. |
Commemorative issue
The Nikka Yuko Garden and 1981 Alberta Summer Games
Obverse
Logo of the 1981 Alberta Summer Games
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ALBERTA SUMMER GAMES
81 LETHBRIDGE
PLAY YOUR PART
Reverse
The famous Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY
NIKKA YUKO GARDEN
VALUE ONE DOLLAR IN LETHBRIDGE
EXPIRES SEPT. 30, 1981
1981
LETHBRIDGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Edge
Reeded
Mint
Sherritt Mint, Fort Saskatchewan, Canada (1927-date)Comments
During World War II, racist politicians in British Columbia were worried that people of Japanese descent living on the Pacific coast would somehow be inspired by their proximity to Japan and begin committing acts of disobedience and terror. So, thousands of Japanese-Canadians had all their belongings confiscated and were shipped from coastal British Columbia to the rest of Western Canada. A particularly large concentration was deported to southern Alberta, and most stayed there once the war ended. Lethbridge's Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, which opened in 1967, is one of many examples of southern Alberta's connection to Japan.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1981 | 10 000 | ||||||||||||||
| 1981 | 25 | Struck in .999 silver | |||||||||||||
| 1981 | 4 | Struck in 24K gold | |||||||||||||
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