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Br 663, Michel Bacquet's Bar Token, Quebec.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:50.00 CAD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 CAD
Br 663, Michel Bacquet's Bar Token, Quebec.
SOLD
80.00CAD+ (16.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2024 May 03 @ 18:55UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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Lead. Thick Flan. VG/Fine. Breton presented a small business history, writing that though it dated to between 1852 and 1861 none were known until a small hoard came to light in 1892. McLachlan denounced the piece as a fraud due to it being cast. It is not cast, but die struck, but he is probably right about it not having been issued by the hotelkeeper, Bacquet. These "fantasies" were eagerly sought after by collectors of the day, and McLachlan himself had a very complete collection of them.