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R.W. Owen Ropery

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:18,000.00 CAD Estimated At:25,000.00 - 30,000.00 CAD
R.W. Owen Ropery
SOLD
18,000.00CAD+ (3,600.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2015 May 28 @ 18:39UTC-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.
R.W. Owen Ropery BR 564, CH LC-18, copper. The rarity of this token is usually explained by Owen having sold out his Montreal rope-making business shortly after the token was issued in 1824. We sold one example in our July 2009 sale of the Rev. Dr. Bernard O’Connor collection as lot 965, graded ICCS Fine-12, for $15,000 and the same piece again as lot 930A in our October 3-4, 2013 sale where it realized $19,000. The two examples in the Stack’s Bowers sale of the John J. Ford, Jr., collection in August 2013, both of which were choice mint state, were hammered down at $45,000 and $37,500 USD. The present example is graded VF by PCGS with some scratches and digs, especially to the obverse through the ship, above the flag at the stern, and at the top foremast. A rare token to begin with and especially so in a presentable grade as here. Ex John Temple.


Note this lot is part of the Geoffrey Bell Collection.