SOLD
5,100.00CADto f****************** + buyer's premium (1,020.00)
This item SOLD at 2009 Jul 24 @ 19:55UTC-3 : ADT
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The Michigan specimen, 1808 Charles IV Mexico, 22.02 grams, Ex Nadin-Davis lists of 1984, purchased for $2449.00. PEI, like other British colonies in the early 1800's, had difficulty keeping circulating coin available to the local populace. The reason for this was the hoarding by merchants so they could use it to buy goods in Halifax, Saint John, Boston, etc. This allowed merchants to barter with local residents taking great advantage of them in the process. Lieutenant Governor Smith came up with a rather ingeneous and bold idea of cutting the center out of eight reales coins using the ring to represent 5 shillings and the dump one shilling. Hence a 5 shilling piece really became 6 shillings. This kept the 1000 specimens on the Island because no one outside PEI would accept them at the 6 shilling rate.
Auction Location:
Casino Halifax, 1919 Upper Water Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 3J5, Canada
HST (13%) is charged for any purchases made from NS, NB, or NL ONLY. Any other provinces within Canada will be charged GST (5%). No tax is charged on out of Country purchases.
Taxes:
| Tax | Rate | Desc. |
| HST |
13% |
HST |
| GST |
5% |
GST |
Buyer's Premiums:
| From (Incl.) | To (Excl.) | Premium |
| 0.00 |
Infinite |
20% |
Additional Fees:
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Catalogue Values & References: All values are listed in Canadian Funds.
Abbreviations: Within the catalogue you will find many abbreviations, the list below describes each of them:
Al Aluminium G Good
Approx. Approximate VG Very Good
Bo Bowman F Fine
Br. Breton VF Very Fine
Cat Catalogue EF Extremely Fine
CH Charlton AU About Uncirculated
COA Certificate of Authenticity UNC Uncirculated
C/S Counterstamped S/N Serial Number
cm Centimeter
Partial Listing of References Used:
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• Bressett, Kenneth: USA Red book 2009 Edition.
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• Bowman, Fred: The Tokens of Thomas Church, CNAJ Vol.4 # 9, 1959, p.353-360
• Clowery, Freeman: Medals of the Governors Generals & Lt. Governors of Canada. 1981 & 1972.
• Coffee, John M. and Ford, Harold V., The Atwood-Coffee Catalogue of United States and Canada Transportation Tokens, 6th Edition, American Vecturist Association, Boston, 2007
• Cresswell, O.D., Cresswell’s Comprehensive Directory of World Communion Tokens, Nadin-Davis Numismatics, Ottawa, ON, 1985
• Cross, W.K.: Charlton Canadian Canadian Coins 62nd edition
• Cross, W.K.: Charlton Canadian Chartered Banknotes 5th edition
• Cross, W.K.: Charlton Canadian Colonial Tokens 6th edition
• Cross, W.K.: Charlton Canadian Government Paper Money 20th edition
• Cross, W.K.: The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Communion Tokens, Charlton International, Toronto, ON, 1992
• Findlay, Michael (editor): Canadian Coin News Trends
• Findlay, Michael: Canadian Coin Dealer Newsletter
• Frey, A.R.: The Tokens and Medals Relating to Numismatists and Coin Dealers, Thomas Church, The Numismatist, November, 1903
• Frey, A.R.: The Tokens and Medals Relating to Numismatists and Coin Dealers, Louis Laurin, The Numismatist, December, 1903
• Graham, R.J.: Canadian Merchant Scrip, Charlton Press, Toronto, ON, 2007
• Paquet, F.X., Illustrated Catalogue of Medals, Checks & Communion Tokens of Ottawa and District, 1893 (Catalogue never published)
• Pick: The Standard Catalogue of World Paper Money.
• Schingoethe, Herb and Martha: College Currency, Money for Business Training, BNR Press, Port Clinton, OH, 1993
• Vlack, Robert A.: An Illustrated Catalogue of the French Billion Coinage in the Americas, Colonial Coin Collectors Club, 2004
• Williams, Bill & Ratliff, Steve: Edkins Catalogue of United States Coal Company Store Scrip, National Scrip Collectors Association, London, TN, 1997