25 cents in trade token ND S. M. Peffer fur dealer Aklavik N. W. T. Canada

Name: 25 cents in trade token ND S. M. Peffer fur dealer Aklavik N. W. T. Canada
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25 cents in trade token, ND (circa 1940 to 1958-1959), S. M. Peffer, Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada

Stewart 8.

Aluminum.

2.83 g

28.5 mm

S. M. (Stanley(Stan)) Peffer was a prominent multi-faceted merchant, fur dealer, and entrepreneur in Aklavik, Northwest Territories, during the mid-20th century. Operating enterprises that included general merchandise, trading posts, and local shipping/sawmills, the Peffer family name became an intrinsic part of the Mackenzie Delta frontier economy.

He operated as an independent fur trader in Aklavik by acting as a crucial commercial link between local Indigenous and Inuvialuit trappers and the southern markets. He traded essential provisions, equipment, and general merchandise in exchange for raw pelts, such as muskrat, mink, and marten. Often using his own proprietary tokens for credit, and regularly traveled south to cities like Edmonton to sell his accumulated furs and restock his northern store.

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