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1976-1979- The inaugural decade of St. Andrews Trade Tokens begins with a celebration of the town's place in Canadian history. See all four coins here!
1980s- The 1984 Fort Tipperary token, highly coveted by collectors, highlights the 1980s portion of the series.
1990s- Kingsbrae Gardens attracts thousands of viewers every year. Here is the 1998 commemorative token, along with the other 1990s coins.
2000s- Even more interesting than the subjects of the 2000s coins were the unique mintages, including the first bimetal trade token in Canada.
2010s- The 2013 coin is the first bimetal enamelled coin in the series. You can see all editions from 2010 up to now, 2019.
2020s- The 2024 coin recognizes the 200th anniversary of Ross Memorial Museum - Chestnut Hall.
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Silver editions- A little extra shine! See silver editions of coins from 1976, 1977, and 2016-2020 here.
1984 $1 error- 250 error coins made it to market before the mistake was discovered. Click the coin image to read about it!
2005 US- 250 of these bimetal coins were minted in U.S. style, with the obverse inverted. Was it really an error?
2005-2009- Between 2005 and 2009, each coin was produced in at least three distinctive mintages. Click the coin image to read more.
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Series History- A brief history of the St. Andrews Trade Tokens series.
Credits- Documentation, images, and the all-important 'thank you's!
About This Site- Technical details and Jack's contact information.
A brief history of St. Andrews Trade Tokens
The St. Andrews Trade Token Series enjoys a special place in Canadian numismatic history: it is currently now the longest run of consecutive annual publication of trade tokens anywhere in the country. With its wide variety of designs, metals, mintages, and the occasional happy accident, this series is highly collectible, and a genuine complete collection may be said to be truly rare.
The first St. Andrews Trade Token was issued in 1976 by the Chamber of Commerce in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea in New Brunswick, Canada. With an ambitious inaugural mintage of 10,000 cupro-nickel coins and another 500 in .925 silver, all struck at the Royal Canadian Mint, the series creators showed that they were taking the increasingly popular trade dollar method of municipality promotion quite seriously. Who among them could have guessed that, in 2024, the series would issue its 49th annual coin, and boast 72 (maybe more!) unique mintages in its repertoire?
On this History page you can see recent St. Andrews Trade Coins promotional posters, Collector Cards for most coins, some images of special coin presentation, and a variety of printed documents.
Recent promotional posters
In 2015 St. Andrews Chamber of Commerce issued the first in a series of annual promotional posters. Here are some examples, including this year's edition.
2015
2022
2024
2020
2023
Collector Cards
1985
2005
2008
2011
2016
2019
2023
2004
2006
2009
2013
2017
2020
2024
2005 US
2007
2010
2014
2018
2022