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Lr. 985 — D. Desroches Numismatist Card. (1886). Copper.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:90.00 CAD Estimated At:175.00 - 200.00 CAD
Lr. 985 — D. Desroches Numismatist Card. (1886). Copper.

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Breton-573. Apparently 110 pieces were originally struck, with Breton reporting five varieties. This lot includes two (2) examples, each 33.7mm in copper with plain edges and signed C. TISON. 1.) 12.84g. About 50% red. Unc. 2.) 15.37g. With a massive diagonal die break across the obverse and another from the reverse rim to the M in MACHINE. Presumably struck sometime after 1886. Brown with areas of verdigris. XF.