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Lr. 1535 — Windsor Hotel Montreal. 1878. Gilt White Metal.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:30.00 CAD Estimated At:100.00 - 125.00 CAD
Lr. 1535 — Windsor Hotel Montreal. 1878. Gilt White Metal.
SOLD
60.00CAD+ buyer's premium (10.80)
This item SOLD at 2022 Apr 28 @ 21:13UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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McLachlan-152. 36.6mm. 18.8g. Plain edge. Unsigned (by M.E. Lymburner). Issued to commemorate a banquet and ball held in honour of the the Governor General, the Earl of Dufferin, and the Countess of Dufferin at the then-recently-opened Windsor Hotel in Montreal in February 1878. The gilding remains largely intact, and the reverse is attractively toned around the legends with vibrant orange, magenta, neon-green, and blue patina. Lightly worn with a small scratch at the central reverse.
From the Michael Joffre Collection of Canadian Historical Medals.