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Wood 32. Anchor/Union Jack within oval.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:1,000.00 CAD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 2,500.00 CAD
Wood 32. Anchor/Union Jack within oval.
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Wood 32. Anchor/Union Jack within oval. - CH BL-53. N.W. or N.E. 6.00 grams. Large flan, 30 mm. An intriguing coin, with large dots to border. The obverse and reverse emblems dominate the coin unlike any other Canadian coin that I can think of. Howland Wood concluded that the reverse was inspired by the Habitant token reverse which bore arms similar to those of Montreal, within an oval. The arms of Montreal were devised by Jacques Viger, Mayor of Montreal in 1833, but the central area is composed of the St. Andrew's cross, not the Union Jack which appears on the Blacksmith copper, as Wood himself points out. Nice F-VF, an old horizontal scratch across anchor, just below its centre. Ex-Ringo, Baker Coll.

Note this lot is part of the Richard Cooper Collection.