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Coin Date: 1820 Denomination (Short): Token Denomination (Long): Token Variety: Northwest Company Variety 2: Copper, Unholed Desg: MS Composition: Copper Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Northwest Company Token Coinage Years: 1820 Mint Location: Birmingham Edge: Plain General Notes: These tokens were probably valued at one beaver skin and struck in Birmingham in 1820 by John Walker & Co. All but two known specimens are holed, and most have been found in the region of the Columbia and Umpqua river valleys.
