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By the way, if we knew the owner of the LC-55 we might be able to persuade him or her to let us compare them directly as this would be a good basis for a research article. Safarijim

Sounds like we need to get together at some meeting and let you have a closer look at the Owen c/f. There is no way it is a electrotype of a true Owen as the images are just not correct. That said it could still be a spliced token from two haves, so I will have to send you a shot of the edge when I ...

I have to agree that it is the most likely option and the fact that the LC -55 is probably a concoction makes it all the more likely that he might have made the Owen's as well. When I have time, I will send a picture off to Chris Faulkner who I have had occasional discussions with and see if he has ...

thanks for your comments. Firstly I cannot comment on what Doug Robins may have thought as I purchased this after his death so I never had a chance to discuss it with him. Secondly I have concerns the sailing ship and it's likeness. It is hard to say from the picture in Charlton whether they are sim...

had a struggle but got them downsized. interested to see what you think of this example. I included the information about the sale it was purchased at. cheers JIM

another view

I will try again with the images

after a bit of a wait I have the information you were looking for on the counterfeit Ropery token. it is 6.1 g in wt and 26 mm in diameter. itis very poor in likeness to the original but when it was sold as real it would have been hard for people to have had a likeness of a genuine token to refer to...

Hello again. First of all let me say how glad I am to have found your series of posts. I have found them most interesting and have really sparked my interest in a new direction or two. I had missed them as I had only looked at the English side in numicanada.com and that side pales by comparison to t...

Not that I am aware of. they are all catalogued by Courteau numbers and I have not looked at every one so I cannot say for sure but I have not seen any evidence of proofs of other special types. It is a useful collection for research and I will have to read your book to see your take on the series. ...

yes that is the token I was referring to. I expect that if you were talking to Dave you would have been familiar with his large collection of the Bank of Upper Canada tokens. I have those in my collection now as well. I will let you know about my vexators when I return home as I do have a few others.

I was curious to know if you were aware of the Haxby3 +B that was sold in the first Robins sale in 2018. It is obviously not the same as the one in the Bank of Canada collection. Lower Canada. VEXATOR 1/2 Penny Token 1811 G4 Brown NGC, Br-558, VC-Unl., Haxby dies 3+B, approximate coinage alignment, ...

I recently came across your discussion post in regard to the R W Owen Montreal ropery Token. It was great to see your very thorough review of the few tokens available. In regard to your question about forgeries I am aware of a forgery that was good enough to pass as real in a sale in the early 20th ...