Top 10 most valuable Canadian tokens sold at auction in 2022
By thecanadiannumismatist | Sunday, December 18, 2022
Here's the Top 10 most valuable Canadian tokens sold at auction in 2022. Prices are in Canadian currency.
#1 - $11,950 - 1820 Northwest Company - NGC VF Details
This token was slabbed with the Environmental Damage description which is the result of a hostile storage environment, where the exact cause of the surface damage is indeterminable. A similar token was also at rank #1 last year.
Three other examples sold in 2022:
- ICCS VF-20 - $8,663.75
- CCCS VF-30 - $7,648 - Brass
- ICCS VF-20 Corrosion - $4,182.50 - Brass
#2 - $11,350 - Colonial 1/100 dollar 1823 - CCCS PF-65
A pattern struck to illustrate a proposition to establish a decimal system in all the British Colonies.
#3 - $7,700 - 1/2 penny 1838 - Bank of Montreal - PCGS MS-63
This token has already been in the John J. Ford Collection. In 1830s, the Bank of Montreal, the Quebec Bank, the City Bank and La Banque du Peuple were given authority to issue penny and halfpenny tokens of a weight similar to that of British copper coins.
Recent sales of this token:
1/2 penny 1838 - Bank of Montreal »
#4 - $5,975 - Weir & Larminie - CCCS AU-50
Issued towards the end of the year 1862, by a firm of exchange brokers, of which the head of the firm, Mr. Wm. Weir, was the President and General Manager of La Banque Ville Marie, at Montreal. When specie payment was suspended in the United States, the people found it so difficult to get change that they had stamps encased. This token has already been in the John J. Ford Collection.
#5 - $4,800 - Bank of Montreal 1/2 penny 1839 - PCGS MS-62
Bank of Montreal 1/2 penny 1839 »
#6 - $4,480 - Ships Colonies & Commerce - ICCS VF-20
This token was described as:
Unpriced in Charlton. Excessively rare, Called the Langstroth Variety, it's been called "unquestionably one of the greatest rarities" by Faulkner after Lees 18.
A Lees 22 ICCS VF-30 example also sold for $3,883.75, a Lees 25 ICCS F-12 for $3,120 and a Lees 33 PCGS AU-50 for $3,000.
Ships, Colonies & Commerce Identification Guide »
#7 - $4,180 - Sheaf of Wheat Halfpenny 1840 - PCGS VF-20
Issued by James Milner of Charlottetown. One of the finest known sold in 2021 for $9,000.
Sheaf of Wheat Halfpenny 1840 »
#8 - $4,180 - Bust & Harp 1820 - NGC MS-64
This particular piece made the cover of the Chartlon 10th Edition tokens publication.
Bust and Harp Identification Guide
#9 - $3,675 - Ship 1858 - ICCS VF-30
This token weas issued by a Newfoundland merchant.
#10 - $3,645 - Blacksmith Tiffin Imitation - ICCS VF-30
Tiffin imitations - Blacksmith »
#11 - $3,000 - Provincial Government 1 penny 1854 - NGC PR-64
Provincial Government - 1 penny 1854 »
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Pictures by Geoffrey Bell Auctions and The Canadian Numismatic Company.
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