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Lr. 741 — Irish Catholic Temperance Society of Ottawa. 1846. White Metal.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:45.00 CAD Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 CAD
Lr. 741 — Irish Catholic Temperance Society of Ottawa. 1846. White Metal.
SOLD
200.00CAD+ buyer's premium (36.00)
This item SOLD at 2022 Apr 28 @ 18:41UTC-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 after all sessions of the Toronto Coin Expo Spring Sale have concluded.

Breton-205. 43.5mm. 35.7g. Plain edge with hole drilled at 12 o’clock where a hanger would have been. Unsigned. A crudely struck but nicely preserved example with flashy obverse fields. The following pledge appears on the reverse: “I PROMISE TO ABSTAIN FROM ALL INTOXICATING DRINKS &C EXCEPT USED MEDICINALLY AND BY ORDER OF A MEDICAL MAN AND TO DISCOUNTENANCE THE CAUSE AND PRACTICE OF INTEMPERANCE.”
From the Michael Joffre Collection of Canadian Historical Medals.