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A Trio of Canadian Blacksmith Tokens.

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A Trio of Canadian Blacksmith Tokens.
A Trio of Canadian Blacksmith Tokens. All Wood 23, Charlton BL-40, an issue struck after 1830 by Daniel and Benjamin True, in Troy, New York, all three here struck medal turn, though in slightly different die states. 1) 86.8 grains, Fine, die break at left obverse just barely connected at the area to the left of the bow. V-shaped edge cut at the upper left obverse and a dent at the lower right reverse which shows through to the obverse as a raised bump. Dark brown, lightly rough. 2) 99.8 grains, Fine, the obverse die state a bit later, with the break strong at the left of the bow. Medium brown, curved clip at 5:00 on obverse, light marks across both sides. 3) 98.0 grains, Fine, slightly off-center towards 3:00 which gives a partial set of large, saw-tooth-like denticles at the left obverse and right reverse. Diebreak still further advanced in size. Lighter brown, a number of marks including some light digs on the obverse. One of the most common tokens in the Canadian Blacksmith series, the dies come in a number of different states, on thick and thin planchets, and in both coin and medal turn – one can literally form a collection of several dozen distinctly different types of this single variety. Three coins in the lot.