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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have no financial interest in this auction, but I find this piece fascinating.....(pretty good condition too) a little history...... Rare Hemsley of Montreal twin set of Salt with spoon made with 8 twenty five cents The box 6.5 inches by 3.5 inches Extremely intriguing and Rare Hemsley of Montreal Twin Set of Salts with spoons. Both Salts made of Canadian Victorian 25ยข pcs 1883H, 1885, 1892(2), 1893, 1894. Along with two Silver spoons one with Snowshoe and Maple Leaf as scoop and the other with Beaver and also Maple Leaf as scoop. A similar set but with Great Britain Provenance made of GB coinange was catalogued and estimated by Jeffrey Hoare Auctions 1993 for $1000. This set is much better in details and comes with an article written by the consignor, published in Coin News, Feb. 2006, that explains the Canadian history behind the manufacture of these sets for tourists in 1894 Montreal   |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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03/11/2013 8:40 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes these "coin spoons" and other like items can fetch a pretty penny. I keep hoping I run across such a thing in my travels someday.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
2495 Posts |
There's a dealer here in ON that has a Victorian sterling silver link belt made of approx 250 five cent silvers.
Really neat piece.
Maybe I should change gears and start collecting antique coin jewellery?
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Valued Member
United States
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I've never seen anything like this before, thanks for the post. Very interesting.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Great item... makes me cry a little too.
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow! Very cool. I wouldn't mind owning that myself.
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Canada
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 Gorgeous piece, however as chequer mentioned: "it makes me cry a little too". Same goes for me! I am a huge fan of Victorian/Edwardian Coinage and saddened to see it used in this way. To begin with, this Era boasted the lowest mintage in the history of Canadian coinage, and to think that these coins were made of the softest metal coins could possibly be made of, further resulting in their quick wear! Then add to that all the ones that were holed, made into jewellery and love tokens, worn in circulation beyond recognition or Collector value, and then finally the melting pot awaited what wasn't snatched up by Collectors! ....................and today, you can still buy a Mintstate Victorian quarter for under a mere thousand dollar$ Glenn  Edited by glenzy1
03/12/2013 09:34 am
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