Token - Devins and Bolton Montréal, Québec

Token - Devins and Bolton (Montréal, Québec) - obverseToken - Devins and Bolton (Montréal, Québec) - reverse

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Features

Location Canada
Type Trade tokens › Business token
Composition Copper
Weight 5.1 g
Diameter 28 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
181568
References Ch# MT-2C2,
Mark Drake (editor); 2022. A Charlton Standard Catalogue / Volume 1. Canadian Coins : Numismatic issues (75th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
And 1 more volumes.
Bo# 2893a
Fred Bowman, Jean-Pierre Paré, Yvon Marquis; 2012. Répertoire Numismatique du Québec. Éditions Numispro, Le Bic, Québec, Canada.

Obverse

Logo of the pharmacy in hollow.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DEVINS
&
BOLTON
MONTREAL

Reverse

Uniface, showing remnants of the piece that was overprinted.Automatically translated

Comments

Devins et Bolton étaient des partenaires pharmaciens. Ils ont surfrappé toutes les pièces de cuivre leur tombant sous la main. Il existe plus de 500 différentes sous-variétés, regroupées en 4 grandes catégories. L'histoire complète peut être lue dans le Canadian Colonial Tokens (A Charlton Standard Catalogue) par W. K. Cross.

Devon & Bolton Druggist Montreal, Quebec Partnership formed in 1863.
These counterstamps were thought to be issued betweeen 1863-1870
Two different sizes of stamps were used on these various coins as counter stamps.

CS-TYPE 1 - OLDER RARER FEATURED LARGE STAMP, ROUNDED "0" AND LEANING AMPERSAND (to the right)
CS-TYPE 2- NEWER LESS RARER FEATURED SMALLER STAMP, OVAL "O" SMALL UPRIGHT AMPERSAND

Type -1 is more valuable and rarer

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND  MT-2A1 AMERICAN LARGE CENT STAMP TYPE -1
ND  MT-2A2 AMERICAN LARGE CENT STAMP TYPE 2
ND  MT-2B1 COLONIAL TOKEN STAMP TYPE 1
ND  MT-2B2 COLONIAL TOKEN STAMP TYPE 2
ND  MT-2C1 BLACKSMITH TOKEN STAMP TYPE 1
ND  MT-2C2 BLACKSMITH TOKEN STAMP TYPE 2
ND  MT-2D1 FOREIGN COINS HARD TIMES TOKEN STAMP TYPE 1
ND  MT-2D2 FOREIGN COINS HARD TIMES TOKEN STAMP TYPE 2

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