1820 Token North West Company, Brass MS(PCGS#952)
1820 Token North West Company, Brass MS (PCGS#952)
August 2018 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Philadelphia, PA
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 219
- 等级
- F12
- 价格
- 17,240
- 详细说明
- Historic Northwest Company Token 1820 North West Company Token. W-9250. Rarity-4. Brass. Fine-12 (PCGS). Holed for suspension, presumably as issued. Uncommonly well defined for both the type and the assigned grade, all devices on both sides are clear and there is even some sharper detail remaining to the obverse portrait. Dark olive-charcoal surfaces are granular with scattered pitting, a few glints of antique brass and reddish-russet colors scattered about. The North West Company was one of the most significant companies involved in the North American fur trade during the 18th and 19th centuries. Founded in Montreal in 1779, it grew to be the most significant competitor to the Hudson Bay Company. This token was issued in 1820, valued at one beaver pelt. The following year the company merged with and into Hudson Bay Company. The tokens are believed to have been struck in Birmingham, England, by John Walker & Co for the Canadian and American market. Normally, these tokens are found very well worn and often corroded from having been unearthed in the region of the Lower Columbia River and Umpqua River valleys in Oregon. Despite having been holed, PCGS has assigned this token a numeric grade as it is believed that these pieces were issued as such for ease of use. Reportedly only one example is known which is not holed, that being the copper specimen housed in the collection of the Bank of Canada. PCGS# 662. Click here for certification details from PCGS.