THIS COIN CAN BE SLIGHTLY OXIDIZED.

Composition : 92,5% silver, 7,5% copper and has gold-plated edges.
Mintage : 11,362

When coins were made of paper

During the 17th and 18th centuries, New France faced chronic shortages. The colony was months away from the motherland, isolated for months by winter ice and the treacherous Atlantic Ocean that claimed countless sailing ships. Everything was scarce - including coins.

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"Playing card money" was first issued in 1685. Despite the king.s displeasure, authorities continued to implement this temporary measure whenever their colony faced a coin shortage. In 1729, they began using plain card stock which circulated like modern bank notes until New France fell to the British in 1759.

Counterfeiting was always [...] Charles VII's generals. The inscription on the back of the card suggests the Jack of Hearts was valued at fifty livres.

This coin is the first issue of the Playing Card Money series.
The first coin of the series, released in 2008, depicts the Jack of hearts.
The second coin of the series, released in 2008, depicts the Queen of spades.
Thethird coin of the series, released in 2009, depicts the Ten of spades.
The fourth coin of the series, released in 2009, depicts the King of hearts.

A set containing the four coins of the Playing Card Money series in a single case is also available.

PLAYING CARD MONEY - JACK OF HEARTS - 2008 CANADIAN COINS 01 is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 01- STERLING SILVER and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.