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North West Currency Hist. 
a scale of currency reckoned in French livres and used by the North West Company in their inland fur trade up to 1820, originally used by the French-Canadian traders.
See also: Grand Portage currency
- 1806 (1897) . . . two skins, or 12 livres North West currency, making 24Iivres Quebec currency, or one pound Halifax currency.
- 1806 (1897) . . . two skins, or 12 livres North West currency, making 24Iivres Quebec currency, or one pound Halifax currency.