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Bronzed Proof "Restrike" Copper Co. of Upper Canada 1/2 Penny 1794 PR65 Brown NGC, Br-721, PF-8, bronze. medal alignment. Glittering orange and blue.
In 1894 London dealer J. Rochelle Thomas advertised that he had acquired the original dies for the Copper Co. of Upper Canada halfpenny and had struck therefrom bronze and silver proofs, which he was offering for sale. If his claims were true, he would have been selling restrikes. However, Thomas' dies were not those that struck the originals; they were close copies, differing in several fine details. On the obverse the date was in heavier digits, well-spaced and on the reverse the R's had curved tails and the O's were oval. Because of the strong similarity of Thomas' copy dies to the originals, there has remained uncertainty as to their origin; were they made at the same time as the originals or were they made in the 1890s for the express purpose of producing Thomas' copies. In any case, all of Thomas' "restrikes" are from a single die pair the shows minor signs of rust. Thomas claimed to have produced only 50 pieces in bronze, most of which appear to have been struck with medal die alignment.
From the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
Bronzed Proof "Restrike" Copper Co. of Upper Canada 1/2 Penny 1794 PR65 Brown NGC, Br-721, PF-8, bronze. medal alignment. Glittering orange and blue.
In 1894 London dealer J. Rochelle Thomas advertised that he had acquired the original dies for the Copper Co. of Upper Canada halfpenny and had struck therefrom bronze and silver proofs, which he was offering for sale. If his claims were true, he would have been selling restrikes. However, Thomas' dies were not those that struck the originals; they were close copies, differing in several fine details. On the obverse the date was in heavier digits, well-spaced and on the reverse the R's had curved tails and the O's were oval. Because of the strong similarity of Thomas' copy dies to the originals, there has remained uncertainty as to their origin; were they made at the same time as the originals or were they made in the 1890s for the express purpose of producing Thomas' copies. In any case, all of Thomas' "restrikes" are from a single die pair the shows minor signs of rust. Thomas claimed to have produced only 50 pieces in bronze, most of which appear to have been struck with medal die alignment.
From the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD