1857 Double Die One Penny Token - Triple Struck 8 ?

These are beautiful tokens in high grade. They are really fascinating to study. Were the upper left sections of the anchor ropes hand punched into each die?

Of all the Canadian Colonial Tokens, the St. George series is considered to be
the most elaborate and detailed of the tokens. The manufacturing and production
were high quality. This anomaly in and of itself is the culprit for many unversed
token collectors to over grade their ensamples. I have seen many VF's being offered
as MS tokens. Many have never seen true MS's (thus not having a sound basis for
reference or comparison). Even at VF, ample detail remains to mislead many into
believing the token to be of a higher grade. This series can not be attributed
along the lines of traditional tokens, but rather along the lines of decimal coinage.

Concerning a 'book,' kindly be patient. My research manuscripts are complete. At
present I am not at liberty to go into further detail, save to say, this project is
a joint effort involving a handful of the leading experts adroit in this field.

doug