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300th Anniversary of the Founding of Quebec

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:100.00 CAD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 CAD
300th Anniversary of the Founding of Quebec
SOLD
200.00CAD+ buyer's premium (40.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 May 02 @ 17:35UTC-4 : AST/EDT

Buyer’s Premiums will be added on all items as per the Terms & Conditions of the sale. Invoices will be emailed out after all sessions of the Toronto Coin Expo Spring Sale have concluded.

Obverse: Champlain holding a sword aloft stepping ashore from a sailing vessel, crowned monograms of Henri IV and Edward VII either side. IIIe . CENTENAIRE . DE . LA . FONDATION . DE . QUEBEC. On a plaque below: STADACONE Reverse: Two female allegorical figures, one with a pedestal bearing French lilies, the other resting on the British shield, seated beneath a tree with ribbon inscribed NEE SOUS LES LIS/DIEU AIDANT./L'OEUVRE.DE CHAMPLAIN/A.GRANDI.SOUS.LES.ROSES ; Ae, 77mm, marked Bronze on edge, 160.1 gms. AU.