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Br 914, Francis McDermott

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:1,250.00 CAD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,000.00 CAD
Br 914, Francis McDermott
SOLD
5,500.00CADto j************1+ buyer's premium (1,100.00)
This item SOLD at 2014 May 30 @ 21:59UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Br 914, Francis McDermott - Francis McDermott’s advertising token from King Street, Saint John, brass, about EF, a couple of edge knocks. It is said that McDermott’s card never circulated, but that assertion seems refuted by the existence of specimens with obvious wear. Although McDermott was in business in Saint John for a number of years, Richard Bird, in his Coins of New Brunswick (1993: 43) suggests that McDermott issued his token in 1846, the only year in which he was located on King Street. A rare token and always desirable. This example Ex: Hoare Sale, June 1992, lot 1079.
This lot is part of the extensive George H. Thomson Collection.