1796 1/2D Copper Co. of Upper Canada Breton-722 Bronze, BN PR(PCGS#651)

1796 1/2D Copper Co. of Upper Canada Breton-722 Bronze, BN PR (PCGS#651)

August 2011 Chicago ANA - Rarities Night

详细说明: 1796 Myddelton Token/Copper Company of Upper Canada Token Mule. W-8910, Breton 722. URS-4. Proof-63 BN (PCGS). Medal turn dies. Lustrous golden tan with a bold expanse of mint orange bloom in the protected areas. Believed to have been made by the Soho Mint circa 1802-1803 as samples of the coining art. Hope presents two children to Liberty, a small sapling between them represents Myddelton's Kentucky colonization venture. The reverse is simplistic in design with ONE HALF PENNY around an inner circle, COPPER / COMPANY / OF UPPER / CANADA within the circle on four lines. An ever-popular type with "colonial" collectors despite its association with Canada; the Myddelton token obverse is a great drawing card for today's colonial specialists.   Numismatic Reflections by Q. David Bowers Over a long period of years I have seen just a few of these, far fewer than I have seen of the Copper Company of Upper Canada tokens on their own or the wonderful Myddleton tokens. This combines the beauty of the fascinating Myddleton obverse die with the Upper Canada reverse to create what I would consider to be one of the most interesting and desirable varieties in the present catalog—that is if I were collecting them. At the same time, this will hardly be one of the most expensive coins offered in the catalog. Accordingly, it seems there is good value to be had.