Silver North West Company One Sided Coin. Real Or Not?

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Iykyk New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 10/24/2023 10:50 am One sided, silver, is it possible it's from when nwc joined hbc circa 1796? Report this Post to the Staff

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Sap Moderator Australia 16827 Posts	Posted 10/24/2023 7:28 pm Hello and welcome. Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company merged in 1821. The brass and copper beaver tokens of NWC are dated 1820. This shows all the indications of being a cast copy of an 1820 brass/copper token. I can't say whether it's a modern copy or an older one, or whether it was made locally in northern Canada or elsewhere, but it was not made by the same mint that made the original tokens. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34409 Posts	Posted 10/24/2023 8:48 pm Not my area of expertise, but I agree with @sap on all counts. For those interested in learning a little more about this series, here is a partial description from a recent Stacks auction of a real piece: Quote: CANADA. North West Company. Beaver Token (One Made Beaver), 1820. Br-925 (R-5); Lr-485 (R-8). Struck in brass. Engrailed edge. Old head of King George III facing right, "TOKEN" above, "1820" below; Reverse: North American beaver standing right on landscape, "NORTH WEST" above, "COMPANY" below. The Northwest Company was one of the most significant companies involved in the North American fur trade during the 18th and 19th centuries. Founded in Montreal in 1779, the North West Company grew to be the biggest competitor to the Hudson Bay Company. This token was issued in 1820, valued at one beaver pelt. The following year the company merged with and into Hudson Bay Company. The tokens are believed to have been struck in Birmingham, England, by John Walker & Co for the Canadian and American market. Normally, these tokens are found very well worn and often corroded having been unearthed in region of the Lower Columbia River and Umpqua River valleys in Oregon. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
ChiefLittleFish New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 11/10/2023 02:21 am Some sort of replica for sure. These tokens were originally struck in both copper and brass. Approximately 100 are still known to exist, about 2/3 of them are brass. Almost all examples are holed. This is the 4th distinct type of replica/counterfeit I have now seen, and the only one which is uniface. Report this Post to the Staff
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