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Montreal Militia button.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:125.00 CAD Estimated At:250.00 - 300.00 CAD
Montreal Militia button.
SOLD
350.00CAD+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2016 Sep 29 @ 18:39UTC-4 : AST/EDT


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Montreal Militia button.

Flattened Copper Button, a noble Canadian Halfpenny in the period after the War of 1812, and circulated to the period of the Rebellion of 1837/38. Fine for the piece.

McLachlan in his 1886 opus claimed that specimens were still found in circulation at the time of writing his book. "On the termination of the war these buttons were divested of their shanks and circulated as change among a people accepting anything as money that had the proper shape and size."

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