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P.E.I McCausland Penny Token

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,250.00 CAD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,000.00 CAD
P.E.I McCausland Penny Token
SOLD
3,000.00CAD+ (600.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Sep 29 @ 21:22UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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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 spelled MacAusland or McAuslane), as has usually been the case. Everything, including its likely date of production about 1840, and the identical features with the unique DMC / P.E.I piece, point to Dennis McCarthy of Charlottetown as the issuer. McCarthy's Charlottetown tinsmith shop was located at the north-west corner of Kent and Great George Streets (the latter street now called University Avenue). This example is better than most, with very little corrosion and verdigris. Part of the Dickieson Collection.