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BlackhawkBlackhawk Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭
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Here's a Canadian "Ships, Colonies & Commerce" colonial token. There are quite a few varieties of this token and I was hoping that a forum member could help me ID it.

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  • bozboz Posts: 1,405 ✭
    Any date on that?
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  • BlackhawkBlackhawk Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭
    There's no date, but I believe that they're circa 1830-40 ish. The H (designers initial) in the waves on this one is incuse.
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  • bozboz Posts: 1,405 ✭
    Veryimage
    The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it--James Truslow Adams
  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,446 ✭✭✭✭✭
    According to my 1963 Charlton, there are 50 varieties of that type of token. It is listed as BR-997. You have the British flag one, there is also a rarer one with the US flag.

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  • rhound1977rhound1977 Posts: 2,504
    Nice ship and copper.....
  • oldshepoldshep Posts: 3,240 ✭
    Oh yeah, that's a nice ship.!!!
    Shep
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,651 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One of our Metal Detecting Forum members dug one back in September... a pretty nice early one, too! (Nice for a dug example, anyway).

    I understand the earlier ones showed an American flag on the ship instead of the Union Jack. (?)

    Edit- ah, I see Don already posted that. I think the one that Bunker dug had an American flag.

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  • 1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,505 ✭✭✭✭
    Ok, I'll give it try.

    Prince Edward Island, Ships Colonies & Commerce, Double H mintmark (the 1st H is at the right end in the double lines below the waves, the 2nd H is punched above and slightly to the left of the 1st). The double H series was produced by Heaton & Sons of Birmingham after acquiring the dies from Thomas Halliday. These tokens are not dated but believed to be c1836.

    Yours is the "club knob" & with a thick sharp tail and the C of Colonies over the C of Commerce making the variety PE10-36.

    Condition is VF-EF and valued @ $40 to $80C.

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  • a2labmoma2labmom Posts: 1,623
    Very sharp looking token.
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  • BlackhawkBlackhawk Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭
    Thanks Gene. I see what you mean about the double H...the top H is punch in (incuse), the lower one, that only the top half can be seen, is raised.
    "Have a nice day!"
  • LuvdawgsLuvdawgs Posts: 1,512 ✭
    Excellent, Gene! I couldn't decide which variety it was myself.
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  • ShipcoinShipcoin Posts: 1,243
    That ship is always welcome to my harbour! imageimageimage
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