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LOT 3723
Canada, British Colonial. Bank of Upper Canada CU Penny. 1850-1857.
Heaton (Birmingham) mint. Dated 1857. John Pinches, engraver. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. BANK OF UPPER CANADA ❀ 1857 ❀, St. George on horseback to right, holding sword with right hand and wearing plumed helmet and billowing cloak, slaying the dragon which falls to right; small R.K. & Co. beneath ground line to right / BANK ❀ TOKEN ❀ ONE • PENNY ❀, crown over crossed sword and anchor set on two cornucopiae; Union jack to upper right. Breton 719; Charlton PC-6; KM Tn3. Good Very Fine.(15.77gr, 33mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Footnotes
The initials 'R.K. & Co.' are for agent's mark of Rowe, Kentish, & Co., which is the agent that the Bank of Upper Canada used to place their orders.
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LOT 3723
Canada, British Colonial. Bank of Upper Canada CU Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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