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bandsdean Pillar of the Community United States 2125 Posts	Posted 05/21/2015 10:25 pm Purchased via auction from a shop in Glasgow Scotland. Has a wire rim on top of coin (black arrow) and shows quite a bit of face detail on the obverse (blue arrow). On the reverse, and I've noticed this on other high grade examples at heritage.com, there is a reddish something around the ship. Comment appreciated as I'm not a colonial collector. Grades? * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Celticsoul Pillar of the Community United States 1566 Posts	Posted 05/21/2015 10:32 pm An excellent example. I'll have to check it out later when I get home from work. An excellent Breen 1144 variety. The only other variety is the Breen 1143 which is the same coin struck in brass instead of copper. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 05/21/2015 10:47 pm Wonderful token. These were actually produced in Dublin sometime after 1820 and were backdated to throw off Canadadian import laws. They are part of the American Colonial series despite the fact that they were not American nor Colonial. They were also struck without a collar. AU+ swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
Celticsoul Pillar of the Community United States 1566 Posts	Posted 05/22/2015 12:20 pm A really great token now that I see it on my laptop. It appears only lightly circulated and I would give it a grade of EAC 40 which would correspond to an EF-45 market grade. The planchet on this coin is smooth and the color is natural and even. As I stated in an earlier post this is variety Breen 1144 which has a rarity designation of R.2. Another great coin. North American Token Breen 1144 R.2 40/40. Report this Post to the Staff
Celticsoul Pillar of the Community United States 1566 Posts	Posted 05/22/2015 12:22 pm Quote: They are part of the American Colonial series despite the fact that they were not American nor Colonial. They're Colonial only because Breen said they were and put them in his book. Report this Post to the Staff
GERMANICVS Pillar of the Community Germany 1849 Posts	Posted 05/22/2015 12:48 pm EF45 in my opinion, and a clean, strong strike, specially the obverse. Nice coin! Although not strictly 'American Colonial' in the sense that I understand it ,(i.e struck in America for use in America), it is still an interesting issue with an american association, as the Red Book says some of the mintage made its way to America. Report this Post to the Staff
bandsdean Pillar of the Community United States 2125 Posts	Posted 06/16/2015 4:14 pm Coin on its way back graded PCGS XF-45. You guys were right on! Report this Post to the Staff
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