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Keystone Auction 8

Lot nuber 233

CANADA, Blacksmith tokens – “Ships, Colonies & Commerce” types. CU Token (26mm, 3.46 g, 5h). Mint in Lower Canada (Montreal?). Struck circa 1835.


Keystone Auction 8
Lot: 233.
 Estimated: $ 1 500

Canadian Blacksmith & Related Tokens from the RH Collection, Copper

Sold For $ 1 400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CANADA, Blacksmith tokens – “Ships, Colonies & Commerce” types. CU Token (26mm, 3.46 g, 5h). Mint in Lower Canada (Montreal?). Struck circa 1835. Ship under sail right, with drooping British flag at stern / SHIPS/ COLONIES/ &/ COMMERCE, small diagnostic oblong die flaw to upper right. Lees 4; Breton 997; Faulkner, Imperial p. 146-149; Charlton BL-24B; cf. Doug Robins Collection (Heritage 3064, 20 April 2018), lot 29221 (NGC XF-40, hammer $2600). Brown surfaces, a few marks and minor flan flaws. Fine. Faulkner calls this “a genuinely rare variety in the series”.

From the RH Collection.


Closing Date and Time: 23 August 2022 at 11:17:20 ET.



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