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Prince Edward Island. McCarthy Penny

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:600.00 CAD Estimated At:1,200.00 - 1,500.00 CAD
Prince Edward Island. McCarthy Penny
SOLD
1,400.00CAD+ buyer's premium (280.00)
This item SOLD at 2018 Sep 27 @ 21:10UTC-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 The Toronto Coin Expo.
CH-PE-2. McCarthy Penny, 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 rough, with corrosion and verdigris, perhaps from having been buried. VG for the issue and weighs 5.66g.