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Canadian Countermark

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:175.00 CAD Estimated At:350.00 - 400.00 CAD
Canadian Countermark
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This item SOLD at 2016 Sep 29 @ 20:12UTC-4 : AST/EDT


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Canadian Countermark

Canada Victoria cent countermarks: NELLIE. neatly counterpunched on obv. and H.G. / MARCH. / 1890. counterpunched on rev. of Canada Victoria cent, 1882H (M.I. 684). Piece holed; REDBOOT / STORE (upside down) on obv. and REDBOOT on rev. of Canada Victoria cent, 1891; __. SKAIFE on rev. of Canada Victoria cent, 1893 (M.I. 839, Brunk S-485). The trace of an initial before the surname can be seen. See sketch below; ST. GILES / Y.M.L. on planed rev. of Canada Victoria cent. Piece holed; TILT on rev. of Canada Victoria cent, 1886 (M.I. 913, Brunk T-298); T on obv. of Canada Victoria cent, 1881; TM counterpunched on obv. of Canada Victoria cent, 1893; US on rev. and what may be IP 99 on obv. of Canada Victoria cent, 1882H (M.I. 932); WD counterpunched on obv. of Canada Victoria cent, 1888 (M.I. 955); WD counterpunched on obv. of Canada Victoria cent, 1899 (M.I. 956); S WITHA on obv. of Canada Victoria cent, 1876; A.C. YOUMANS (curved) on obv. & rev. of Canada Victoria cent, 1876 (M.I. 1027, Brunk Y-38); ZINGER on obv. and A.W. and partial letter of surname (therefore likely A.W. Zinger) on rev. of Canada Victoria cent, 1881; 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 counterpunched around perimeter of rev. of smoothed Canada Victoria cent (M.I. 1031). Piece holed in center; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 running clockwise counterpunched around perimeter on rev. and 10 on obv. of Canada Victoria cent (M.I. 1032); ½ on rev. of Canada Victoria cent, 1891; 1 very neatly marked on Queen’s neck on obv. of Canada Victoria cent, 1888 (M.I. 1035, mistakenly listed on a 5¢); a crown on obv. and rev. of Canada Victoria cent (M.I. 1061); a grille of four squares on obv. of Canada Victoria cent, 1882H (M.I. 1065); a star on rev. of Canada Victoria cent, 1898. Piece holed. 20 Pcs.

In regard to the Skaife mark, the name appears uncommonly in Canada. To this day there appear to be only three individuals listed in the Canada-wide Bell directory. An Adam Skaife is listed in Montreal directories starting in 1861 till at least 1912. He was an accountant, by 1873 employed by J.H.R. Molson, the brewery firm. By 1880 a partnership was formed between the two Molson’s, John H.R. and John Thomas, and Adam Skaife (see fig. 47). He remained with the Company till at least 1910, and is listed as late as 1914 in the telephone directory. A Lewis Skaife, likely a son, was a civil engineer in the city from 1884 till about 1912. A third generation may be Lewis John Skaife, born in Montreal on November 15, 1895, according to the records of the C.L.D.S. (Marked Impressions).

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