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Canadian Countermark

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:200.00 CAD Estimated At:400.00 - 450.00 CAD
Canadian Countermark
SOLD
200.00CAD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2016 Jul 20 @ 22:19UTC-4 : AST/EDT


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Canadian Countermark - ROBBINS. / KENDALL & / LAWRENCE / U.S. on rev. of Nova Scotia ½ penny, 1823, Br 867 (M.I. 770, Brunk R-370). Bowers & Merena, Nov. 1986, lot 5112.

According to Brunk’s American and Canadian countermarked coins, Part III, Robbins and Lawrence was founded in the 1830s as Kendall and Lawrence and manufactured guns. In 1844 Robbins joined the business, and it became Robbins, Kendall and Lawrence. Kendall left the company in 1846, at which time it became Robbins and Lawrence. In 1854 the company obtained a contract to produce a quarter million fire arms for the British, but it was cancelled just before manufacture, causing the firm to declare bankruptcy. The stamp is the mark used on the company’s 1841 rifles (Rulau, 1982). This piece sold for $300.00 in the Van Ormer sale. The company was located in Windsor, Vermont (cf. Brunk 34560). (Marked Impressions).

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