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McCarthy Penny

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:1,000.00 CAD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 2,500.00 CAD
McCarthy Penny
SOLD
3,250.00CAD+ (650.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2014 May 30 @ 22:02UTC-4 : AST/EDT
The Cataloguers have taken every reasonable measure to ensure that all the lots are as described by Geoffrey Bell Auctions. Many of the lots are third party graded by PCGS, PMG, ICCS - We feel these are the most recognized grading companies in the industry.
McCarthy Penny - CH PE-2, the letters P.E.I incuse on an otherwise blank planchet, copper. There is no justification for attributing this piece to Peter McCausland (also MacAusland, or McAuslane), as has usually been the case. Everything, including its likely date of production about 1840, and the identical features with the DMC / P.E.I. piece, point to Dennis McCarthy of Charlottetown as the issuer. This example is rough, with some corrosion, as many are from having been buried or exposed to the sea air of the Island. It has also been dented and grades Fine for the issue. Ex: CNA auction July 1978.
This lot is part of the extensive George H. Thomson Collection.