1962 Anti John Diefenbaker Diefendollar

Name: 1962 Anti John Diefenbaker Diefendollar
SKU: 13221
Price: 15.00 CAD
Availability: InStock

$15.00

Opponents of the Diefenbaker government produced novelty currency called the Diefendollar reflecting the price decrease.

In stock

Sold By: Bill's Political Shoppe

Categories: John Diefenbaker, Pamphlets, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Tags: 1962, Diefenbaker, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

Description

In 1962, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Prime Ministers John Diefenbaker’s Minister of Finance announced that the Canadian dollar would be pegged at $0.925 against the US dollar. An election was coming. Opponents of the Diefenbaker government produced novelty currency called the Diefendollar reflecting the price decrease. The plan worked. The government fell to a minority. This particular one depicts Donald Fleming.