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 Posted 12/06/2013  4:58 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Kafka to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Can anybody guess at grade and value? Thanks.

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Even with the marks and cuts I would still say its a VF ..Value would depend on which one it is.. The plain edge is worth more than the reeded edge.. So anywhere from 350.00 and up but with the marks probably 30 to 50 % cheaper. Is it for sale ? somewhere
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Thanks artdio. It's marked on the envelope as 'thick'. No, it's not up for sale yet. I'm trying to figure out if it's worth putting up. Is ebay the best place to sell it? Or would it get more exposure at an auction?
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 Posted 12/06/2013  8:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DBM to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
F+
Holed and repaired,with deep scratches.
Should easily sell for $300.
Here's another holey example
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1837-CANADA...em1e80b8a890
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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 Posted 12/06/2013  9:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Joseph7420 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'd say around VF-20.
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 Posted 12/06/2013  9:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kafka to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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 Get a Link to this Reply
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 Get a Link to this Reply
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 Get a Link to this Reply
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 Get a Link to this Reply
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 Get a Link to this Reply
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 Get a Link to this Reply
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.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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 Posted 12/09/2013  09:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DEVLEC to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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 Get a Link to this Reply
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 Get a Link to this Reply
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 Get a Link to this Reply

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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.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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