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Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:100.00 CAD Estimated At:200.00 - 250.00 CAD
Canadian Countermark
SOLD
130.00CAD+ (26.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2016 Sep 29 @ 19:58UTC-4 : AST/EDT


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Canadian Countermark

ST. P. within cartouche on worn or blank copper.

This piece is included due to its attribution as a communion token of St. Paul’s Church, Truro, N.S., by Leroux and McLachlan. MacLennan, however, doubted its association with the church, claiming: This one belongs to St. Pierre, West Indies and has been so identified beyond doubt by Mr. L. A. Renaud of Montreal and Mr. Kain of St. John, N.B., well known collectors. Howland Wood noted it as belonging to St. Pierre, Martinique, but Pridmore ignored the piece. An article in the Perth Courier for December 1, 1960, refers to the discovery in a garden in Perth of what is presumably one of these pieces: A typical token was one bearing the date 1774, minted during the reign of George III. Sam Larmon, Perth R.R. 4, found it in his garden and brought it to The Courier office. Unfortunately the coin was badly worn and had evidently been disfigured by some person with the initials S.T.P., for these letters were crudely carved into its face. It appears, however, that even in good condition the coin would be worth only a dollar or two. (Marked Impressions).

Note: this lot is part of The Richard Cooper Collection.