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Canadian Molson 1837 Token

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 Posted 12/06/2013  9:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kafka to your friends list
Thanks DBM. $850?!
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 Posted 12/07/2013  07:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add artdio to your friends list
kafka, dont even look at the other on ebay..He has not a chance in heck of getting even half that. Token collectors will holed out for an ugly one with no issues before buying the so called repaired one ... As for ebay its a great place and auction house ? will depend on the day I guess.

You could offer it here also but I think you need 100 posts before that.. I know myself and other folks here would give it a shot..
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 Posted 12/07/2013  10:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DEVLEC to your friends list
It is one very cool token.

Maybe the Molson family would want to add it to their collection.. You should contact them and see if they are interested in it. Maybe they'd invite you over to show you what they've held on to.
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 Posted 12/07/2013  10:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kafka to your friends list
Thanks everyone. If and when I get up to 100 posts I'll think of offering the token to the forum.
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 Posted 12/07/2013  9:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add artdio to your friends list
kafka when you decide to hit me up right away..I would gladly add it to my token collection
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 Posted 12/07/2013  10:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DBM to your friends list
Undamaged examples in grades similar to yours have been selling for $1200 and up lately,about double what they were ten years ago.
Informative article about them here,near the bottom of the page;
http://www.angelfire.com/art/peina/.../mar2000.htm
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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 Posted 12/09/2013  02:38 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DBM to your friends list
Somewhere I read that the Molson heirs still have the dies for these tokens.Perhaps they should reissue them as a bonus to increase market share of their swill.
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 Posted 12/09/2013  09:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DEVLEC to your friends list
As long as they don't sell the dies to China...

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From an older Haxby & Willey..." The Molson Halfpenny was struck in Montreal by Jean Marie Arnault, who also engraved the dies.
The obverse is a copy in reverse of a halfpenny token issued in Perth, Scotland,..in 1797."
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 Posted 12/09/2013  11:25 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kafka to your friends list
DBM- very interesting article. I found the token in my dad's collection. He had a whole bunch of other tokens some in really good condition. So, do you think in it's present condition, it can fetch in the $800 neighbourhood?
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 Posted 12/09/2013  11:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add artdio to your friends list
Kafka as with any token - coin it will all depend on who wants it and the timing has to be in place ... Ex... I own a few 1880 Newf. gold coins... They are extremely rare and hard to come by as only 2500 were minted... But when selling once again it depends on who wants it, and as usuall most people want to get it as cheap as they can...

doesn't mean you wont just dont expect it....
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 Posted 12/09/2013  11:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DBM to your friends list

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do you think in it's present condition, it can fetch in the $800 neighbourhood?

No the ebay seller is overly optimistic.
I'd value it at about $300,but that's just IMO.
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 Posted 12/09/2013  12:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kafka to your friends list
Thanks DBM and artdio.
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 Posted 12/09/2013  2:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kafka to your friends list
One more question: Is it worth having the token graded? again, thanks.
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 Posted 12/09/2013  2:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wade to your friends list
No,
it is a rare token and speaks for itself.
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 Posted 12/09/2013  2:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kafka to your friends list
Thanks Wade.
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