Token Canada British Columbia Kootenay 1978

This is a token, not a coin. British Columbia Indian Heritage - Series II Kootenay (or Kutenai) Dollars are made of either silver-plated nickel, which are magnetic, or pure silver, which is not magnetic. Annotation 'VALUE $100' should be 'VALUE $1.00' since no decimal point (dot) appears on any of the Kootenay Dollars. Actual value is a few US dollars for nickel specimens, and a few tens of dollars for silver.

The 'c' before '1841' means circa, or approximate, probably the year Chief Isadore was born. The mintmark below the Chief's left shoulder is the Sherritt Mint - Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada mark. The Kootenay natives in the canoe are harvesting wild rice.
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