World Silver & Bronze
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Lot 2135 Session 7 (11.30am Thursday) World Silver & Bronze
Estimate $200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $150
LOWER CANADA, Bouquet series; T. Duseaman butcher in Belleville, (Ch.LC-45, Br.670); Bouquet series halfpennies or sou Montreal tokens, with various dies, nd (c.1837), (Ch.LC-41, Br.684) (2, one mistruck); (Ch,LC-30D, Br.686); (Ch.LC-31A, Br.688); (Ch.LC-27, Br.691); (LC-32B, Br.692); (Ch.LC-31C, Br.694); (Ch.LC-29A, Br.695). Fine - extremely fine. (9)
The scarce Duseaman token was initially prepared by the order of Tobias Seaman, a butcher and hotelier of Belleville in New Jersey as a business card, It was rejected by him and the U was added later to create the name Duseaman. This mule of a bouquet and store card die is as heavy as the large American cent.
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