Tell Me About Canadian Blacksmith Tokens

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• ajaan Posts: 17,589 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 26, 2012 10:59PM

  Very scarce, especially nice ones, and very collectable. Your's is actually in good shape.

  
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  Don

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• 1960NYGiants Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭✭

  October 26, 2012 11:11PM

  They are a fascinating series to collect. Charlton/Cross have catalogued some 60 varieties. The catalogue paraphrases McLachlan that a blacksmith in Montreal purposely created well worn and artificially colored pieces to pay for his liquor c.1835. I don't have a copy of McLachlan's work to confirm. These were also studied by Woods whose cat #'s are still used today and by Courteau.
  
  Woods 33, BL-37 is known as a BITIT token and is the most common piece in the series of Blacksmiths typically selling for $15 to $65.
  
  edit: can't spell this morning

  Gene
  
  Life member #369 of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
  Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors
  
  Collector of:
  Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
  Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
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• ambro51 Posts: 13,948 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2012 3:32AM

  How many of the original Wood numbered pieces are available today? Overall how many survive? What are the Rarity ratings of some of these? Who is a good dealer familiar with these!

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