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CCE Signature Sale 3064 20-21 Apr 2018
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New Brunswick. Ship / St. John's 1/2 Penny Token ND AU58 Brown NGC, NB-5, 6.21 gm, 27.24 mm. Toned a rich chocolate brown. With its sale here this piece could well pass into powerful hands and again become unavailable for many years.
Because of its erroneous rendering of the city name (St. John's instead of St. John), this design is presumed to have been rejected by the client. This type, of which the present piece is the only example currently recorded, was unknown to all the early catalogers of Canadiana. It was purchased by collector Jack Griffin from A.H. Baldwin and Sons in London in the early 1950s and brought to Canada. Ultimately it came into the hands of John McKay-Clements and passed to Mr. Robins in the sale of McKay-Clements' collection in 1976. The Canadian National Currency Collection has plaster casts made from this piece (see their website). It should be noted that the illustrations in the Charlton catalog are actually of a modern copy significantly different in fine design details from the true piece.
Ex. Jack Griffin Collection, John McKay Clements, Frank Rose (May 1976, lot 512).
From the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens
HID02901242017
Estimate: 25000-35000 USD
New Brunswick. Ship / St. John's 1/2 Penny Token ND AU58 Brown NGC, NB-5, 6.21 gm, 27.24 mm. Toned a rich chocolate brown. With its sale here this piece could well pass into powerful hands and again become unavailable for many years.
Because of its erroneous rendering of the city name (St. John's instead of St. John), this design is presumed to have been rejected by the client. This type, of which the present piece is the only example currently recorded, was unknown to all the early catalogers of Canadiana. It was purchased by collector Jack Griffin from A.H. Baldwin and Sons in London in the early 1950s and brought to Canada. Ultimately it came into the hands of John McKay-Clements and passed to Mr. Robins in the sale of McKay-Clements' collection in 1976. The Canadian National Currency Collection has plaster casts made from this piece (see their website). It should be noted that the illustrations in the Charlton catalog are actually of a modern copy significantly different in fine design details from the true piece.
Ex. Jack Griffin Collection, John McKay Clements, Frank Rose (May 1976, lot 512).
From the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens
HID02901242017
Estimate: 25000-35000 USD