Offered is a very unusual 32x19mm aluminium bread token from Metabetchouan, Quebec, Bowman#2460a. This piece was issued by Joseph Leclerc’s bakery during the great depression, and was the higher of the two denominations issued (the other recorded being a 1/2 loaf token). Mr Leclerc was a prominent resident of Metabetchouan, who was in fact mayor of St Jerome from 1949 to 1954, and owned other businesses in the region, including a mill and a grocery store. A rare token, and the scarcer of the two types.
Offered is a very unusual 32x19mm aluminium bread token from Metabetchouan, Quebec, Bowman#2460a. This piece was issued by Joseph Leclerc’s bakery during the great depression, and was the higher of the two denominations issued (the other recorded being a 1/2 loaf token). Mr Leclerc was a prominent resident of Metabetchouan, who was in fact mayor of St Jerome from 1949 to 1954, and owned other businesses in the region, including a mill and a grocery store. A rare token, and the scarcer of the two types.
