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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
SOLD
300.00CAD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2016 Sep 29 @ 20:11UTC-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

[Pig]. A pig (incused) with PORK in raised letters on body of pig three times on obv. of Quebec Bank penny, 1837, Br 521 (M.I. 1074).

The mark may represent the trade of the issuer of the token, which is similar to the ad for William Masterman, illustrated in Lovell’s Montreal directory, for 1875-76, published by the Lovell Printing and Publishing Co., reproduced on page 784 (see fig. 55). In chapter 39 of Dave Bowers’ Adventures in rare coins, Vol. II, 2002, p. 346, a similar mark is illustrated. (Marked Impressions).

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