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Canadian Countermark

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:75.00 CAD Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 CAD
Canadian Countermark
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This item SOLD at 2016 Jul 20 @ 23:00UTC-4 : AST/EDT


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Canadian Countermark - A.W. WOODARD countermarks: On obv. of City Bank penny, 1837, Br 521 (M.I. 1017, Brunk W-831); on obv. & rev. of Bank of Montreal penny, 1842, Br 526 (M.I. 1018, Brunk W-831); on rev. of Great Britain penny, 1892 (M.I. 1019, Brunk W-831). 3 Pcs.

This is a Canadian mark, and demonstrates both early and late markings. This last proves the circulation of British coins in Canada well after the decimal system was established. My mother recalled that British pennies were commonplace in the 20s and 30s and were accepted at two cents. A.W. Woodard is no doubt the individual listed in Lovell’s Montreal directory for 1906-07, published by John Lovell & Son, as manager of James Alexander & Co. Ltd., exporters and dealers in butter and cheese. Whether these pieces represented the business of which he was manager, or whether they were personal pieces is something that will likely never be determined. It seems possible that as late as 1906 stray oddments in circulation may have caught the fancy of individuals such as Woodard and were marked as souvenirs of a time past. This may be the same as the Albert W. Woodard recorded by the Federal Census of 1881 as having been born in the Province of Quebec in 1871. (Marked Impressions).

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