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RE: The 1949 Canadian Silver Newfoundland Commemorative Dollar
I mainly connect USA coins but i do have a weakness for Canadian silver dollar especially the death dollar.
I mainly connect USA coins but i do have a weakness for Canadian silver dollar especially the death dollar.
1958 British Columbia Commemorative Silver 'The Death Dollar' Dollar.
Back in 1958 a News reporter showed this coin to a pair of local aboriginal citizens at a Vancouver Pub and asked their opinion of this coin. The two Aboriginal men remarked that there were a lot better totems that would be better subjects than the Raven, the bird of Death. "I guess the mint didn't ask around if I'd be okay before they made them." Paraphrased
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