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Montreal, Province of Canada (struck in England), Montreal & Lachine Railroad Company Third Class co

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Montreal, Province of Canada (struck in England), Montreal & Lachine Railroad Company Third Class co
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Montreal, Province of Canada (struck in England), Montreal & Lachine Railroad Company Third Class copper token, no date (1847), rare, ex-Baker. Breton-530; TR-3. 16.46 grams. AU with muted luster (mostly around details), minor marks only. Per Breton, it was inconvenient for third-class riders (like natives and workmen) to use paper tickets, so these tokens were imported for them from Birmingham to be strung onto a wire when collected by the conductor. The short-route Montreal & Lachine Railroad was the first railroad on the island, starting in 1847; by the time the bulk of these tokens were melted in 1862, the railroad had become Montreal & Champlain. Pedigreed to the Warren Baker Collection of Canadian coins and tokens.