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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
450.00CAD+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2016 Sep 29 @ 19:50UTC-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 following the Toronto Coin Expo Convention. Visit gbellauctions.com to view a digital copy of the catalogue for this sale.
Canadian Countermark

S. PEER / & WM. HOBBS / FLOUR & FEED / / MERCHANTS / HAMILTON ONT, / FEB 26 1876 counterpunched on rev. and 1836 counterpunched on obv. of Louis Philippe 5 franc, no date shown, perhaps 1836 (Brunk P-317).

S. Peer was not found in the 1875 Hamilton directory, but two William Hobbs are listed, one a miller at Kelly St., the other a porter who boarded at Merrick St.

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