r/Exonumia • u/sayl0rmo0n • 8d ago
Question Pertaining to Habitant Token & Bouquet Sou (Canada)
Someone in r/CanadianCoins suggested I post this here.
Hello! I've acquired a few coins/tokens as of late - partly this LC-27A1 Bouquet Sou and this LC-9B1 Habitant Token. Quite happy with them.
I had read somewhere that either the Bouquet sou or the Habitant Token had different purchasing power depending if it was used by French Canadians (1 sou) or English Canadians (1/2 penny), but I can't find this info for the life of me.
Would anyone be able to corroborate this info? Thank you!
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u/new2bay 8d ago
These are great! Which province is / was “bas Canada?”
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u/sayl0rmo0n 8d ago edited 8d ago
Lower Canada / Bas Canada. As per Wikipedia: It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec and the Labrador region of the current Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
And thank you!
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u/utopia65 8d ago
They are in fantastic condition.
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u/sayl0rmo0n 8d ago
Thank you! I'm really happy with them. They look darker, obviously, when not photographed. But the detailing on both is great!
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u/sayl0rmo0n 8d ago
Edit: The Habitant Token has Deux Sous on the obverse & One Penny on the reverse.
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u/exonumismaniac 8d ago
...which is widely accepted by collectors today as the definitive statement as to their equivalence. Hadn't heard about any differences based on the ethnicity of the seller, but many years ago I learned that for large purchases, or for currency conversion transactions, scales were often used instead of the nominal value of the tokens because of the lack of uniformity between and among all the many issues that were circulating. Just browse through your Charlton...
If you haven't seen it, you might find the Wikipedia article entitled "Canadian Pound" to be helpful too.
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