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Canadian Blacksmith Token. Wood 9c, Charlton BL-24-A1, Lees 3, thick planchet, medal turn. 115.8 gra

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Canadian Blacksmith Token. Wood 9c, Charlton BL-24-A1, Lees 3, thick planchet, medal turn. 115.8 gra
Canadian Blacksmith Token. Wood 9c, Charlton BL-24-A1, Lees 3, thick planchet, medal turn. 115.8 grains.Fine, closer to VF in terms of wear, with some post strike damage. One of the more intriguing varieties, a Ships, Colonies & Commerce token that pairs directly into the Blacksmith series, and which comes on thin, medium, and thick planchets, in both coin and medal turns – some of these permutations extremely rare. The ship shows the same detail as the current Charlton plate token, but the reverse is sharper than that coin, with only the ampersand and the first M of COMMERCE weak. Light brown, the surfaces hard and nice save for a number of large gouges at the top of the ship, and a few smaller ones hidden in the waves and at the lower right obverse rim; there is also a small curved dent at the final two reverse letters. While some of the Ships, Colonies & Commerce issues can be found choice, this particular number comes weak, unattractive and, like here, often damaged. This is better than many we have seen, even with the gouges, and was purchased by Neil from Robert A. Vlack. Lees called the variety R-7, and though it is still scarce, it is not a major rarity today.