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1 Sou Misc. - 18 cherry leaves / 7 shamrocks
| Issuer | Lower Canada |
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| Year | 1836-1838 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | TOKEN UN SOU MONTREAL |
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The "bouquet sou" tokens of Lower Canada were struck privately in Birmingham, primarily by the Boulton & Watt successor firms, to fill a chronic shortage of government-issued small change that colonial authorities repeatedly failed to address. This particular variety — catalogued by Courteau and distinguished by its specific leaf and shamrock count — is one of dozens of die combinations documented within the bouquet sou family, a level of variety that reflects both the commercial opportunism of the issuers and the near-total absence of official oversight. Merchants accepted them because they had little choice.