1979

Lot of five Canada copper tokens: one "Commercial Change" bust farthing, no date (early 1800s), smal

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World (A-G) Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Lot of five Canada copper tokens: one  Commercial Change  bust farthing, no date (early 1800s), smal
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Lot of five Canada copper tokens: one "Commercial Change" bust farthing, no date (early 1800s), small bust, thin flan, ex-Oppenheim; one half penny "Irishman," no date (1800s), ex-Oppenheim; two "Speed the Plough" half pennies, no date (1840), No Labor No Bread, one long-floor variety and one short-floor; and one "bust & harp" half penny, 1820, ex-Oppenheim. Br-1007, LC-59B2; Br-1009, AM-4; Br-1010, UC-4A1 and 4A2; Br-1012, C-2, LC-60-2A. XF on average, the Irishman with faint stains, the harp piece in low brass (XRF tested at 83.52% copper and 14.50% zinc). Pedigreed to the Warren Baker Collection of Canadian coins and tokens, some also from the Michael Oppenheim Collection, and the large-ground piece from the Jeffrey Hoare auction of April 2007 (lot 330).