Coin Item Number: 1622/12 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Round coin with denticles around edge. One face has a central image of two men paddling a boat with mountains in the background; a man's bust is superimposed over the mountains. The words, "BRITISH COLUMBIA" and "Charlotte Basil, Ike Basil, Agatha Jacobs" are above the image, "1978," "KOOTENAY DOLLAR," and "CURRENCY VALUE $1.00 EXPIRES July 31, 1978," are below. Other side has a central bust of a man wearing a headband with a feather in it. The dates, "c1841" and "1893," are in raised lettering to left of head and "ISADORE" is to the right (a Ktunaxa chief).