Post Your Canadian Tokens

That 1815 Spread Eagle is a beauty!

Here's a token dated 1833 it has the coinage alignment and also a reeded edge.
I believe if correct it's numbered UC-12B2, Breton 730.

Cheers, Bill

Both are very nice.

2 steps closer to having a complete set of mint state slayers (only need an 1852 1/2P to finish the set).

First is a '54 One Penny, listed as AU50 (got it cheap!), but is easily MS62

Second is a '50 One Penny. The 1850 1P is by far the hardest to find in mint state, so I am thrilled to have picked up this MS64!

Finally got over the envy for Wade's 2 penny Lesslie token (the 2 penny holy cow), and then he hit us with a red token. Relapse.

I've re-recovered enough to continue my thistle tokens.... just. Here are a couple of 1840 pennies; 7 Fringes NS-2C1 (PNS-603 R-6), and 5 Fringes NS-2C2 (PNS-404 R-4).

@Wade: It's a beautiful Courteau #262. However, unless it is the photos that are misleading, otherwise I do not share your opinion.

Indeed, because I easily perceive some traces of wear typical of the grade AU/AU+. It's hard to say with such a low resolution picture, but I would probably say between AU-50 and AU-55.






Sorry again, but the different population reports and my experience say a different thing.
Thus, for the 1 penny, the 1852 Royal Mint issue is undoubtedly the first. Even the 1854 issue is a little more difficult to find in uncirculated grade.

Otherwise, your token (Courteau #209 with its line between letters «tOKen») is amazing. I've seen it at auctions a few times in the last two years, and I've been tempted a lot




Sorry if I make syntax errors with my English... and without grudges.

@Wade: Here is a cumulative population reports for the most reputable companies. Note that I have combined the different varieties for each year, just to simplify it all.


Mintage for the One Penny:
1850: 750 000
1852: 750 000 (About 25% Royal Mint / 75% Heaton Mint)
1854: 750 000
1857: 1 500 000

In addition, for my book in the process of being written, I have listed nearly 5000 token sales on this series. So I have a good sample of their frequency of occurrence.

I do not wish to start a debate on the grading of this series of tokens. But we can clearly see traces of wear on your photo of 1854 token. Moreover, I often notice tokens of this series on sale on ebay of grade between EF and AU that are overgraded as MS. But hey, you're the one with the token in your hand.

@Wade: For the grading of your token, unless you have better quality photos, otherwise I have nothing to add.

For population reports, it is certainly little compared to total mintage, but it allows us to have a trend.
Generally, when it comes to a coin type, the first and last year of issue are often the ones that are set aside in larger numbers.

For the nearly 5000 sales I have listed over the past few years, I have listed all the tokens that were uncirculated in detail (I can even tell you the price you paid for almost all your uncirculated tokens ) (Also with this data, I am currently compiling the frequency of appearance at sales for each of the Courteau varieties). And I can confirm that the trend shows with the population report corresponds roughly to reality, at least for the 1 Penny (It's a little more complicated for the 1/2 Penny).

The most difficult variety (Among those present in the Charlton catalogue) to find in uncirculated grade is the Half Penny 1854 Crosslet «4» (PC-5B2), followed by Small «2» and Wide «2» varieties for the One Penny 1852 of The Royal Mint (PC-6B1 & PC-6B3). The 1 Penny 1850 is relatively easy to find in MS compared to these.

But to answer your question, you will have to wait until the book is published. I'd like to make it available by 2020, but it's still hypothetical. Because I have accumulated a lot of information, and sorting it out to present what is relevant takes a lot of time. In addition, I would like to publish a French and an English version.

I have easily exceeded a thousand hours of work on this project since 2011, only in my spare time. And I don't know how many hours of work I still have to do to complete the whole thing. Because I am always looking for information, especially for "Proof/Specimen" tokens, and many other things. On this point, I would like to take this opportunity to say that I am looking for two issues of «Numismatica Canada» with articles on this subject. These are numbers 1 and 4 of the year 2003 (Volume 2).


Otherwise, just for the eyes, here is a very rare 1 Penny 1850 «Specimen» with a upset reverse alignment.