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Bronzed Proof British Settlement Kentucky / Copper Company of Upper Canada Mule 1796, Copper PR65 Brown NGC, Mule: obverse of the British Settlement Kentucky (Myddelton) token and original reverse (round Os) for the Copper Co. of Upper Canada token. Problem-free example with the reflective rich brown surfaces expected from a Soho proof.
Two years after he struck the 1794 patters for the Copper Co. of Upper Canada halfpenny, Matthew Boulton produced another pattern intended for a North American token. An Englishman named P.P.P. Myddleton had acquired a parcel of land in Kentucky and planned to establish a plantation, the "British Settlement Kentucky". In 1796 Boulton struck proofs of Myddelton's token in copper and silver, but Myddelton's plantation scheme came to nothing. That same year, Boulton created a mule piece for sales purposes, using the obverse die from the Myddelton and the reverse die from the Copper Co. of Upper Canada token. The mules seem to have only been struck in copper and fewer than 25 are believed to have survived.
From the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-6000 USD
Bronzed Proof British Settlement Kentucky / Copper Company of Upper Canada Mule 1796, Copper PR65 Brown NGC, Mule: obverse of the British Settlement Kentucky (Myddelton) token and original reverse (round Os) for the Copper Co. of Upper Canada token. Problem-free example with the reflective rich brown surfaces expected from a Soho proof.
Two years after he struck the 1794 patters for the Copper Co. of Upper Canada halfpenny, Matthew Boulton produced another pattern intended for a North American token. An Englishman named P.P.P. Myddleton had acquired a parcel of land in Kentucky and planned to establish a plantation, the "British Settlement Kentucky". In 1796 Boulton struck proofs of Myddelton's token in copper and silver, but Myddelton's plantation scheme came to nothing. That same year, Boulton created a mule piece for sales purposes, using the obverse die from the Myddelton and the reverse die from the Copper Co. of Upper Canada token. The mules seem to have only been struck in copper and fewer than 25 are believed to have survived.
From the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-6000 USD