Centennial Dollar - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Features

Location	Canada
Type	Local coins
Year	1979
Value	1 Dollar (1 CAD)
Currency	Dollar (1858-date)
Composition	Nickel
Weight	14.0 g
Diameter	33 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	31 August 1979
Number	N# 80619
References	Pel# SK44 Serge Pelletier; 1993. Standard catalogue of Canadian municipal trade tokens. St. Eligius Press, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada.

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Commemorative issue

Centennial of Saskatoon - Saskatoon's Second Twenty Years

Obverse

Boat on the South Saskatchewan River

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BRIDGING 100 YEARS

1902-1922

EXPIRY DATE: AUGUST 31, 1979
VALUE $1.00 IN SASKATOON

Reverse

Symbol of Saskatoon's centennial

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CENTENNIAL DOLLAR

Century
Saskat100n
1882-1982

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Sherritt Mint, Fort Saskatchewan, Canada (1927-date)

Comments

In 1982, the city of Saskatoon (the largest city in Saskatchewan) celebrated its centennial. For five years leading up to that event, two commemorative Centennial Dollar tokens were issued every year, each commemorating a different period of twenty years in Saskatoon's history.

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Date	Mintage		Frequency
Undetermined
1979	17 500		86%
1979	50	Struck in .999 silver	0%
1979	25	Struck in 24K gold	0%

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