beaverskin token

Fur Trade, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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one of the coins or tokens constituting beaver currency. See picture at beaver.

Quotations

1963

The Hudson's Bay Co.'s great rival, the North West Co. issued only one token as far as is known. It was a one Beaver skin token and issued in 1820.