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CANADA, Province of Canada, Montreal & Lachine Railroad Company, copper Third Class token, mid-1800s

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CANADA, Province of Canada, Montreal & Lachine Railroad Company, copper Third Class token, mid-1800s
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CANADA, Province of Canada, Montreal & Lachine Railroad Company, copper Third Class token, mid-1800s, rare, ex-Oppenheim, ex-Baker. Breton-530; TR-3. 15.92 grams. Rainbow-toned UNC (rare grade) with nice glossy surfaces, typical X-scratch in empty field below T of THIRD, popular design with beaver motif on reverse. Per Breton, it was inconvenient for third-class riders (like natives and workmen) to use paper tickets, so for them these special tokens were imported from Birmingham to be strung onto a wire when collected by the conductor (possibly after scratching in an X). The short-route Montreal & Lachine Railroad was the first railroad on the island, starting in 1847; by the time the bulk of these tokens were melted in 1862, the railroad had become Montreal & Champlain. Pedigreed to the Warren Baker Collection of Canadian coins and tokens, and to the Michael Oppenheim Collection (8/2019).