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Great token and very hard to find. Congrats!
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Picked this one off the Bay. Common variety Charlton PE-7C1, Ingram & Marelic PEI-50a. This is a scarcer late die state with the die crack across the top of the letters SELF to the rim. Excellent!  |
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Canada
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Beauty token 1960NYGiants
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Canada
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PC-5B2 Co-085. Very late stage die with a die crack across the horse's front legs that I have not seen before. "185" are also re-cut. Pretty neat example.   |
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PC-5B2 Co-085. Very late stage die with a die crack across the horse's front legs that I have not seen before. "185" are also re-cut. Pretty neat example. Very nice! |
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Have a few tokens came in this week First this counterfeit thistle token that I think is NS-3A2   Second this Wellington Token which is WE-11A1 I think   And at last this stunning Nova Scotia one penny token NS-2B1   |
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Have a few tokens came in this week Nice examples! |
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PC-5B2 Co-085. Very late stage die with a die crack across the horse's front legs that I have not seen before. "185" are also re-cut. Pretty neat example. One of my 1852 1/2 penny has the "185" re-cut and possibly the 2 as well, no die cracks PC5B1(medal axis). The other has no re-cuts, no die cracks and is a PC5B2 (coin axis). You have a very nice coin there. |
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Dropping by today to post a couple of my moderately confusing grading challenges in the hope that some of my fellow forum members will have had a lot more experience than I have in handling the Nova Scotia colonial tokens.
I'll do two separate posts to avoid any further confusion. First, I have a "Genuine British Copper" halfpenny dated 1815 that's the large flan variety with the denomination and date together on the reverse.Charlton NS-26A1, Breton 887, Courteau 346NS, Withers 1400 (RR), Davis Non-Local 75. This has been in my collection for years with my assigned grade of gF, but lately I've been seeing some online in similar or worse condition bearing much more optimistic grades. I did some deep diving online today and found a few "unaffiliated" examples, but also specimens that have belonged to Robins, Partrick, Marelik, and even Eric Newman. My bottom line is that grading for this token is all over the map -- some are graded straight and others "for type," as though they're blacksmith tokens or imitation Tiffins.
Since this is the only one I've ever owned, or "handled," I'd appreciate any input I can get from more experienced collectors of Canadian tokens. For me, these are part of the small "non-local" category in my large British Regency Period collection, so they don't get a lot of attention.
Next up: the sister token to this one, NS-25 or Breton 886.
"If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough."
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Edited by daltonista
11/11/2023 6:12 pm
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As promised (threatened?) above, here is one of my three different varieties of Breton 886, or Charlton NS-25. This differs from the other "Genuine British Copper" halfpenny in that the denomination accompanies the king's effigy on the obverse of this one. In this case, I'm posting it here to see how members of this forum feel about my attribution (slender bust, seven leaves?) and grade assignment of gVF. All opinions and commentary are more than welcome, with my thanks! Charlton NS-25A2, Breton 886, Courteau 348NS, Withers 1419 (RR), Davis Non-Local 73.
"If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough."
--- Mario Andretti
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Nice examples! |
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It's no secret that the dragon slayer series is my favourite & my focus. I recently went down an online rabbit hole and ended up making a strange connection... Looks like ST George may have been stolen from the Egyptians (Horus)  (other than on coins, depictions of St George more often show him holding a spear)  |
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