Obverse and reverse image of a typical "Habitant Token", depicting the figure of a habitant holding a whip, and the other side a bunch of heraldic flowers surrounded by the words "Concordia salus" (the motto of the Bank of Montreal) and "Bas-Canada".
The Habitant token were a series of tokens that were created for use primarily within Lower Canada and were issued in 1837. Produced as a successor to the popular bouquet sous, these tokens depicted a Habitant on the obverse, a traditional depiction of a French-Canadian farmer in winter clothing, and the coat of arms for the City of Montreal on the reverse. The tokens were issued in both one penny/deux sous and half penny/un sou denominations by the leading commercial banks of Montreal. They were issued in large numbers and can be easily acquired by the modern collector, though some varieties are rare and command a premium.
These tokens replaced the popular bouquet sous that the banks of Lower Canada had previously introduced into circulation. The Habitant tokens were known to still be in use over 60 years after they were originally issued,[1] and are known from archaeological evidence to have circulated in Upper Canada as well.[2] These tokens are classified as "semi-regal" by Canadian numismatists, as they were authorized by the colonial government.[3]
The Habitanttoken were a series of tokens that were created for use primarily within Lower Canada and were issued in 1837. Produced as a successor to...
was well known for wearing habitant clothing almost as uniform. These tokens are more commonly known today as Habitanttokens. The two major fur-trading...
tokens. Between 1835 and 1852, the Bank of Montreal, La Banque du Peuple, the City Bank and the Quebec Bank issued 1- and 2-sou (1⁄2d and 1d) tokens for...
a number of tokens for use in trade, and is known for producing many varieties of the Bouquet sou, and for co-issuing the Habitanttoken along with the...
Pre-confederation tokens Blacksmith token Bouquet sou Bust and harp tokensHabitanttoken Hudson's Bay tokens Magdalen Island penny token Montreal and Lachine...
Pre-confederation tokens Blacksmith token Bouquet sou Bust and harp tokensHabitanttoken Hudson's Bay tokens Magdalen Island penny token Montreal and Lachine...
Pre-confederation tokens Blacksmith token Bouquet sou Bust and harp tokensHabitanttoken Hudson's Bay tokens Magdalen Island penny token Montreal and Lachine...
Pre-confederation tokens Blacksmith token Bouquet sou Bust and harp tokensHabitanttoken Hudson's Bay tokens Magdalen Island penny token Montreal and Lachine...
Pre-confederation tokens Blacksmith token Bouquet sou Bust and harp tokensHabitanttoken Hudson's Bay tokens Magdalen Island penny token Montreal and Lachine...
began to issue half pennies and pennies in what became known as the Habitanttoken design. An ordinance issued in June 1838 declared that the only legal...
to 100 "natives" and 20 "habitants". The select legislative body, the Genevan Small Council, baulked at ratifying this token offer of enfranchisement...
transition towards other share trading companies, such as the Company of Habitants in the 1640s and 1650s, permitting a small group of investors within Canada...
ISBN 978-1-57958-453-5. Sibree, James; Monod, Henry (1873). Madagascar et ses habitants: journal d'un séjour de quatre ans dans l'île (in French). London: Société...
November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015. La Mairie de Paris appelle les habitants de la capitale à rester chez eux "Hollande cancels trip to Turkey for...
Cent-Associés, created in 1627 by King Louis XIII, and the Communauté des habitants in 1643. These were the first corporations to operate in what is now Canada...
(65): 67. doi:10.7202/303582ar. For 1657–1715: Dechêne, Louise (1974). Habitants et marchands de Montréal au XVIIe siècle (in French). Paris: Plon. p. 467...
signify the descendants of Québec settlers from France, the majority habitants of the province, who are otherwise referred to as pure laine (pure wool)...
Montreal: Université De Montréal. ISBN 0-612-57459-8. Dechêne, Louise (1992). Habitants and Merchants in Seventeenth-century Montreal. Montreal: McGill-Queen's...
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