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Category:  Toned Coins
Owner:  brg5658
Last Modified:  8/1/2017
Set Description
This is a smattering of copper coins from around the world designated as brown (BN) or red-brown (RB). Many also exhibit an array of beautiful colors.

Set Goals
Lovely BN and RB coppers from around the world.

Slot Name
Origin/Country
Item Description
Full Grade
Owner Comments
Pics
View Coin Great Britain - Token Halfpenny 1/2P 1788 WALES D&H-282 ANGLESEY E: PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY NGC TOKEN MS 64 BN Purchased on 4/1/2014.
View Coin Great Britain - Token Halfpenny 1/2P 1790 G.BRIT. D&H-8b WORCESTERSHIRE - DUDLEY E: PLAIN NGC TOKEN MS 65 BN Purchased on 4/1/2014.
View Coin Great Britain - Token Halfpenny 1/2P (1790'S) GB D&H-218 WARWICKSHIRE - KEMPSON'S E: PLAIN NGC TOKEN MS 64 BN Purchased on 10/24/2013.
View Coin Great Britain - Token Halfpenny 1/2P 1794 G.BRIT D&H-22 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - SLOUGH NGC TOKEN MS 64 BN Purchased on 4/2/2012.

This piece is listed in Dalton and Hamer as "Scarce" with an estimated mintage of 75-150 pieces. It is an absolutely beautiful brown piece in hand, with gorgeous prooflike liquid fields. The shield on the obverse is reminiscent of the Kentucky Colonial pieces of the early Americas. The Lion on the reverse evokes thoughts of heraldry, and is stunning in his sculpted high relief.

Though listed in Dalton & Hamer among provincial tokens of the 18th Century, by most accounts this piece was struck around 1839 and dated 1794 by a coin dealer named William Till. According to an article in the 1903 British Numismatic Journal, Hamer writes the:

"There are some tokens purporting by the design to have been issued by John Peckham, chemist and druggist, of Slough; and some by W. Till, wine and spirit merchant, of the Red Lion Inn. No mention is made of any of these by Birchall, Conder, Pye, or Sharp, nor are they illustrated in the Virtuoso's Companion, the general opinion being that they were struck for William Till, the coin dealer, probably about the time that he issued the previous specimen. The first numismatic work in which they are recorded is that published by the late D. R. Batty, of Manchester. The writer of the The Bazaar "Notes" describes them, and states that Peckham was a coin collector, and William Till bought his collection. In all probability these tokens were struck to sell to collectors, and bearing, as they do, a fictitious date, W. Till's 1794, J. Peckham's 1795, they cannot be regarded as private tokens."

Regardless of the somewhat shady misleading past, this is a beautiful token with both wonderful designs and great eye appeal.
View Coin Great Britain - Token Halfpenny G.BRIT - MIDDLESEX 1/2P (1790'S)G.B. D&h-342 MIDDLESEX - IBBERSON'S E: PAYABLE AT THE GEORGE NGC MS 65 BN Purchased on 1/22/2013, submitted to NGC in January 2014.

This token was originally in an old NGC holder graded MS62BN. I could tell that it was massively undergraded, and so I cracked it out and resubmitted to NGC for regrading with my membership 5 coin coupon. I was correct, and it graded as MS65BN.

This token exhibits lovely blue tones when tilted into the light, likely due to the bronzed proof surfaces. Bill McKivor says that all Middlesex/Ibberson's DH-342 tokens were strictly speaking bronzed proof strikes. This token is listed as "scarce" in the Dalton & Hamer, and given populations kept by Dr. Gary Sriro, it is likely this token was struck in a quantity of around 300-500 pieces. Most examples are excellently preserved, likely due to these having been sold directly to collectors and used as examples of the quality engraving and minting technology of the Boulton SOHO mint.
View Coin Great Britain - Token Halfpenny G.BRIT - MIDDLESEX 1/2P 1795 G.BRIT D&h-390 MIDDLESEX - NEETON'S E: PLAIN NGC MS 64 BN Purchased on 10/24/2013.

Ex Spingarn Collection.

Struck on an extra large flan, 31 mm diameter.
View Coin Great Britain - Token Halfpenny 1/2P 1795 G.BRIT D&H-471 MIDDLESEX - RICHARDSON'S E: PLAIN NGC TOKEN MS 65 BN Purchased on 6/19/2013.
View Coin Great Britain - Token Halfpenny 1/2P (1790'S) GB D&H-414 MIDDLESEX - PIDCOCK'S E: PLAIN NGC MS 64 BN Purchased on 6/13/2013.

Listed as "COMMON" in D&H, but an extremely popular token design and despite it's mintage quite difficult to find for a reasonable price.
View Coin Great Britain - Token Penny G.BRIT - HEREFORDSHIRE PENNY 1796 G.BRIT D&h-4 HEREFORDSHIRE - HEREFORD E: PLAIN NGC MS 65 BN Purchased on 4/14/2015.

Listed in Dalton & Hamer as "Scarce" with an approximate mintage of 150 pieces.

This was struck to commemorate a Mr. Biddulph’s return as a Member of Parliament on June 3rd 1796. The bull breaking his chains represents the county bursting free from its Tory shackles on the election of a Whig. The apple tree alludes to Hereford’s cider industry, and the plough to agriculture.
View Coin Great Britain - Token Penny PENNY 1797 G.BRIT. D&H-3 NORFOLK - NORWICH E: PLAIN NGC TOKEN MS 65 BN Purchased on 10/24/2013.

Scarce, mintage of 75-150 pieces.
View Coin Great Britain - Penny GREAT BRITAIN 1707-1815 PENNY 1806SOHO G.britain NGC AU 58 BN Purchased on 12/3/2012.
View Coin Great Britain - Half Farthing GREAT BRITAIN 1816-1901 1/2F 1843 G.britain NGC MS 65 BN Purchased on 5/15/2013.

Mintage of 3,441,000 coins, and listed in Krause at $200 in MS60. This specimen is a top population coin at NGC in the BN (brown) color designation graded at MS65BN. These fractional farthings were originally struck for Ceylon; however, the issue was made legal tender in the United Kingdom by proclamation in 1842.

NGC population of:
2 in MS65BN, none finer.
2 in MS65RB, none finer.
0 in any grade of RD.

PCGS population:
2 in MS64BN, none finer
1 in MS65RB, none finer
1 in MS63RD, none finer
View Coin Canada - Ferry Token COPPER (UNDATED) CANADA BRETON-900 FERRY TOKEN HALIFAX STEAM BOAT CO. NGC TOKEN MS 64 RB Purchased on 8/29/2013.
View Coin Province of Canada - Half-penny token CANADA - TOKENS 1/2P 1857 PC-5D BANK OF UPPER CANADA NGC MS 63 BN Purchased on 7/16/2013.

Obverse Description: St. George on horseback facing right slaying a dragon with a sword; around above, BANK OF UPPER CANADA; in exergue between two roses, 1857; the letters R.K. & Co. on in the right side of the ground line represent the firm Row, Kentish & Co., London through whom the order for the production of the tokens had been placed. The depiction of St. George is based on the design by Benedetto Pistrucci for the British sovereign of 1817 and is considered to be the definitive representation of the theme.

Reverse Description: The seal of Upper Canada, an anchor and sword of justice crossed on a wreath of oak through which passes a tomahawk and arrow below a Royal crown and above a pair of cornucopiae transversed, a segment of the Union Jack in the upper right corner; around, BANK TOKEN ONE HALF- PENNY

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The Bank of Upper Canada was established in 1821 in York (Toronto, Ontario) under a charter granted by the Province of Upper Canada in 1819. When Upper and Lower Canada were united in 1841 to form the Province of Canada, it was decided that only the bank that held the government accounts should have the right to issue copper tokens. This privilege was enjoyed by the Bank of Montreal until 1848. Following the passage of the Rebellion Losses Bill in 1849, rioting in Montreal led to the destruction of the legislative buildings and the capital of the province was transferred to Toronto. As a result, the right to issue tokens passed to the Bank of Upper Canada.

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Availability:

While relatively common in grades of XF and lower, these Bank of Upper Canada tokens become difficult to find in AU grades, and outright hard to locate in true MS condition. Of the 1857 issues in particular, Robert Wallace McLachlan wrote in his 1916 book "The Copper Tokens of Upper Canada":

"A most extensive coinage of this date, both of pennies and half-pennies was struck, but before much of it was put into circulation, the decimal currency act of 1858 was passed, which necessitated the coinage of the cents of 1858 and 1859. The balance of these bank tokens therefore remained in the vaults of the Montreal branch for a number of years, when they were sold to a coppersmith and melted down."
View Coin USA - Collectors medalet NY 1860 NEW YORK M-NY-491C GEORGE H. LOVETT NGC MS 64 BN PL Purchased from John Kraljevich on 1/8/2015 at the Winter FUN Show (Orlando, FL).

Previously sold for $780 in the Steve Hayden auction in June 2, 2013 raw with the description:

Lot 761 - MILLER NY 491C MS63 10% Red mainly on the reverse, nearly Proof Like with attractive toning. George H. Lovett muling of We All Have Our Hobbies reverse featuring a witch on broom stick and Dedicated To Coin And Medal Collectors 1860 struck in Copper with Plain edge. A similar example brought $875 in our December 2012 auction. From the Richard Crosby collection earlier from Ray Byrne in 1983. (Estimate 750-1000)

The medalet/token was also struck in white metal (491A) and brass (491B). It is quite popular among collectors, demanding strong prices when the come available. Surviving examples are low in all metal types, with Bowers and Jaeger estimating only 125 to 250 examples in copper extant (a rarity of roughly R-5 on the Fuld scale). The design came in at #47 on the list of the "100 Greatest American Tokens and Medals" by Bowers and Jaeger.
View Coin Great Britain - Farthing GREAT BRITAIN 1816-1901 1/4P 1860 G.britain TOOTHED BORDERS NGC MS 64 BN Purchased on 10/7/2012.
View Coin Sweden - 2 Ore SWEDEN - 1855 TO DATE 2O 1861 NGC MS 64 BN Purchased on 8/8/2013.

Wonderfully toned copper minor from Sweden. This one has a lot of wow factor in hand, with blues, oranges, and reds.
View Coin Canada - Token Cent TOKEN (UNDATED) CANADA BRETON-571 JACQUES CARTIER NGC TOKEN MS 63 RB Purchased on 6/29/2014.

As described by R.W. McLachlan in the American Journal of Numismatics, January 1880 (Volume XIV, Issue 3, page 76), R.W. McLachlan.

LIV.
Obv. NIAISON JACQUES CARTIER EX ST. ROCH QUEBEC A beaver to the right with a leaf or twig in his mouth.
Rev. UN CENTIN PAYABLE I CHEZ I H. GAGNON & CIE I RUE LA COURONNE | ST ROCH I QUEBEC inscription in six lines, occupying the whole field. Copper. Size 27 mm. R 1.

The dies of this coin were engraved in New York, and to prevent such customs interruption as interfered with the issue of the Devins & Bolton token, were sent on, oddly enough, not to Quebec, but to St. Epiphanie, a small village about a hundred and fifty miles down the river. The coins were struck there by a tinsmith named Garnet. Messrs. H. Gagnon & Co. do an extensive retail dry goods business, and issue these tokens to their customers as an inducement for them to return. There are rumors that the government intend interfering with their further issue. Having been struck as late as November, 1879, we may class this coin as our newest Canadian numismatic treasure.
View Coin Belgian Congo - 2C BELGIAN CONGOS 2C 1887 Bel.congo NGC MS 66 BN Purchased on 3/17/2013.
View Coin Belgian Congo - 10 centimes BELGIAN CONGOS 10C 1888 Bel.congo NGC MS 64 RB Purchased on 9/14/2013.
View Coin Belgian Congo - 5C BELGIAN CONGOS 5C 1888/7 Bel.congo NGC MS 66 RB Purchased on 3/17/2013.
View Coin Belgian Congo - 1C BELGIAN CONGOS 1C 1888 Bel.congo PCGS MS 66 Red Brown Purchased on 4/23/2013.
View Coin Great Britain - Jubilee Medal GREAT BRITAIN - MEDALS BRONZE 1897 G.BRIT Bhm-3506 VICTORIA DIAMOND JUBILEE (55mm) NGC MS 65 BN Purchased on 6/21/2017.
View Coin Ireland - Fantasy 48 Pence FANTASY COINS Bronze 48P 1901-DATED Ireland BRONZE INA RETRO ISSUE X-11a NGC PF 66 RD CAMEO Purchased on 6/22/2016.

Mintage of 360 pieces. This is a lovely fantasy 48 pence struck in the year 2000 as a part of the "INA Retro Patterns" (or alternatively called the "Spink Patina Retro Patterns" by some).

View Coin Italy - 1 Centesimo ITALY 1C 1904R PCGS MS 64 Brown Purchased on 1/13/2013.

This is probably the smallest coin in my collection. It comes in at only 15 mm diameter, and a very small 0.9 grams weight. How they functionally minted these small planchets is beyond me, but the details are quite nice for such a thin and tiny coin.
View Coin Italy - 10 centesimi ITALY 10C 1911R KINGDOM ANNIVERSARY NGC MS 65 BN Purchased 5/2/2013.
View Coin Bavaria - 2 Mark pattern GERMANY - STATES 3 2M 1913 BAVARIA SCHAAF-51/G1 COPPER NGC PF 66 RB Purchased on 11/1/2016.
View Coin Mexico - 1C MEXICO - 1905 TO DATE 1C 1913Mo NGC MS 66 BN Purchased on 3/26/2013.

Mintage of 12.85 million coins. This is an absolutely pristine example of this beautifully designed coin. NGC population in MS66BN of 2/0.
View Coin Canada - One Cent CANADA - 1858 TO 1968 1C 1919 PCGS MS 65 Brown Purchased on 7/11/2013.
View Coin Germany (Peine) - 10000 Kipper Munze (Notgeld) GERMANY - NOTGELD 10KK 1923 PEINE LAMB-407.6 BRONZE Funck-640.1 PCGS MS 66 Brown Purchased on 1/31/2015.

A Notgeld (emergency money) piece celebrating the 700th anniversary of the town privileges of Peine, Germany (Lower Saxony).

The obverse is a rendition of the coat of arms of the city of Peine which is described as: Escutcheon split of gold and red, a leaping black wolf above, two outward sloping golden wheat sheaves, upon a floor of green.
View Coin Lundy - Puffin LUNDY PUFFIN 1929 NGC MS 65 BN Purchased on 10/29/2012.
View Coin Lundy - Half Puffin LUNDY 1/2P 1929 NGC MS 65 BN Purchased on 10/29/2012.
View Coin Switzerland - 2 Rappen SWITZERLAND CONFEDERATION 2R 1936B Switzerlnd NGC MS 65 RB Purchased on 5/15/2016.

Mintage: 500,000
View Coin British East Africa - 10 Cents EAST AFRICA 10C 1936H E.africa EDWARD VIII PCGS MS 65 Brown Purchased on 11/18/2013.
View Coin San Marino - 5 Centesimi SAN MARINO 5C 1938R NGC MS 66 RB Purchased on 11/12/2012.

Mintage: 200,000

Do not adjust your monitor, the coin is really toned in shades of pink and purples! A great looking coin in hand with amazing booming luster.
View Coin Italy - 10C ITALY 10C 1943R XXI ALUMINUM-BRONZE (4.8g) NGC MS 65 BN Purchased on 3/26/2013.
View Coin Luxembourg - 1 Franc Essai LUXEMBOURG FRANC 1946 ESSAI COPPER KM-E45 PCGS PF 66 Red Brown Purchased on 8/1/2016.

Mintage 500 pieces. Lovely toning.
View Coin Bolivia - 1 Boliviano BOLIVIA 1B 1951KN NGC MS 66 RB Purchased on 7/9/2012.

I love the sun design on this one, and great luster and look to this RB (red/brown) graded example. This is not a rare coin at all with a mintage of 15 million pieces, but it was purchased for less than NGC grading fees alone, and is a superb example of the design.

The obverse is a chocolatey, almost bronze color with superb luster and a great design. The reverse is a very attractive red, with hints of toning in all the right places to bring out the wreath design. This is a very small coin, about the size of a US dime, which makes all the detail even more impressive.
View Coin Sweden - 2 Ore SWEDEN - 1855 TO DATE 2O 1958 TS NGC MS 66 RB Purchased on 8/21/2013.
View Coin USA - Restrike Medal OBV (1959) RESTRIKE WASHINGTON BORN VIRGINIA Baker-22B NGC TOKEN MS 64 RB Purchased on 4/23/2013.

This is a uniface restrike of the obverse die of the Baker-60 Washington Born Virginia Cent, struck with a dentilated rim.

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FROM PCGS COINFACTS:
UNDATED (1792) "WASHINGTON BORN VIRGINIA" COPPER - UNIFACE COLLIS RESTRIKES

Notes:
In 1959, Albert Collis created a transfer die of the original die (by Jacob Perkins, c. 1792) used to strike the undated "Washington Born Virginia" Medals. Using the copy die, Collis struck the following examples, all uniface (mintages in parentheses): Platinum (1); Lead (1); Gold (7); Silver (22); Copper (5,019). Once the restriking was completed, Collis donated the die to the American Numismatic Association, where it resides today.

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