J.R. Shaw & Company Coin/Token

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

The image depicts an old, circular coin that is copper in color, featuring an intricate design with various tools etched onto its surface, including a pickaxe, a shovel, and a sword arranged in a criss-cross fashion; it has inscriptions in a foreign script around its edges, with numbers that appear to indicate the year "1981" and some other numerical markings,the coin exhibits signs of wear and tarnishing consistent with age, while the background is a textured, dark material that contrasts with the coin’s metallic sheen, highlighting its features and giving it a distinct appearance that piques curiosity about its origin and history.

The image depicts an old, circular coin that is copper in color, featuring an intricate design with various tools etched onto its surface, including a pickaxe, a shovel, and a sword arranged in a criss-cross fashion; it has inscriptions in a foreign script around its edges, with numbers that appear to indicate the year "1981" and some other numerical markings,the coin exhibits signs of wear and tarnishing consistent with age, while the background is a textured, dark material that contrasts with the coin’s metallic sheen, highlighting its features and giving it a distinct appearance that piques curiosity about its origin and history.

Name/Title

J.R. Shaw & Company Coin/Token

Entry/Object ID

166/10998

Description

J.R. Shaw & Company- Upper Town Quebec- Importers of Hardware/ knife, fork, tea kettle, saw, spade & leveler