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Anyone know the history on these Red River Dollars? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by troyunrau@lemmy.ca to c/winnipeg@lemmy.ca

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Between myself and my gf we have a bunch of these from different years. I suspect they were "food stamps" or commemorative tokens but Google is failing me with regard to the actual history. Anyone old enough to remember who knows?

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, I found that as well. It doesn't tell me why they were issued. Looking for a Free Press article or something describing more detail.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just remembered that my library account lets me search newspapers, and found this in the WFP from October 4, 1978:

Screenshot of a newspaper article saying the Red River Dollars were circulated to raise funds for the Downtown Winnipeg Association

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Ah, that's amazing sleuthing. Much appreciated!