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Canadian Countermark

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:100.00 CAD Estimated At:200.00 - 250.00 CAD
Canadian Countermark


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Canadian Countermark

STARR & SON on obv. of City Bank penny, 1837, Br 521 (M.I. 856, Brunk S-871 for D. Starr & Son).

Though this mark may not be positively identified, the D. Starr & Son mark on Br 884, listed by Brunk, most likely represents the Halifax hardware firm listed in Lovell’s Canadian Dominion directory for 1871, published by John Lovell. Later they became skate manufacturers and issued an advertising token, listed in Leroux, no. 983. Our mark is a larger one, and does not give the first initial, though indeed it could not have been accommodated on the coin. Our piece may represent another firm of the same name, particularly in view of the undertype which did not commonly circulate in the Maritimes. (Marked Impressions).

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