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Br 703. CH LC-30F

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:5,000.00 CAD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 12,000.00 CAD
Br 703.  CH LC-30F


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Br 703. CH LC-30F - VF, maybe a bit better. 6.36 grams. One of the exceptional rarities of the bouquet sous, and indeed the entire pre-Confederation series, missing from many major collections. According to Bowman (1955) “possibly a dozen known” – an estimation that has not been challenged. First offering of this variety by Bell Auctions. Last offering at auction was at the Roy Hughes sale by Hoare in 1995, and just five noted offerings in the past 51 years before this sale (1965 CNA / Charlton; McKay-Clements / Frank Rose 1976; Carney /Hoare 6, 1988; Oppenheim /Hoare 13, 1989; Hughes Collection/Hoare 32, 1995). The obverse is problem free, save for a small flaw to the right of T in “Agriculture” and trifling striking weakness in the “DA” of “Canada”. The reverse has a handful of small blemishes, particularly in the lower left quadrant, including one dig across the leaf to the left of the “S” in Sou, a small flaw next to the “U” of Sou, and a distinctive lateral mark to the left of the “M” in Montreal. A comparison of this specimen with past plated offerings the plates of past sales convinces me that this is one and the same as both Hughes and 1965 CNA Auction specimens. The reverse die is rotated approximately 20 degrees to the left relative to the obverse axis – a feature not commented upon in previous sales of a 703. Whether this in endemic to the type or just this piece is not known, although it is largely consistent with reverse die rotation of some early (cudless) strikes of Br 700, with which it shares a common reverse die.

Note: this lot is part of The Richard Cooper Collection.