October 2008 Torex

Auction Details

The Canadian Coinoisseur October Torex® Auction consists of 3030 lots, which will be sold in three sessions on Thursday, Friday and Saturday the 23rd, 24th and 25th of October at the Hilton Toronto Airport. Among the outstanding aspects of this auction are the multiples of most of the key dates in the Canadian Decimal series. For example, among the Fifty Cents Pieces there are two 1870 No LCWs, six 1872H Inverted A Over Vs, five 1890Hs, two 1921s, forty-one examples of the 1932 and seven examples of the 1947 Maple Leaf Curved 7. Around ninety percent of the lots have been certified and the total catalogue value is around $3 million.

The First Session, at 5:30 pm on Thursday the 23rd begins with a few bulk lots, Mint Sets, and Error Coins, then progresses through Gold Coins, World Crowns and Minors, Tokens, Medals and Maritime Decimal Coins. Then come nearly 350 lots of Five Cents Pieces and the session concludes with over 430 lots of Twenty and Twenty-Five Cents Pieces.

Session Two, at 5:30 pm on Friday the 24th of October, begins with over 220 lots of Small Cents, continues with over 340 lots of Ten Cents Pieces and concludes with 430 lots of Fifty Cents Pieces.

Session Three, at 5:30 pm on Saturday the 25th commences with over 270 lots of Large Cents, continues with over 420 lots of Silver Dollars and concludes with 329 lots of high grade Paper Money, mostly certified by PMG.

There are fifty-six consignors contributing to this sale. Four of these had old-time collections and were attempting to assemble Canadian Decimal complete. For this reason, there are multiples of many of the major key dates, many of which infrequently appear even individually at auction. Of the 3030 lots in the sale, nearly 2500 are Canadian Decimal Coins, and well over 90% of these are certified by ICCS. This group amalgamates into Canada near-complete in an outstanding mix of grades from nice collectible pieces to the finest known examples. There appears to be something for nearly everyone. The Paper in the sale, except for the Bank of Canada Sales, is quite likely the most consistently high-grade grouping to come to auction in this country.

Printed full-colour catalogues can be ordered online at www.coinoisseur.com or for $15.00 from the Canadian Coinoisseur #345 Unit 101 - 1001 West Broadway, Vancouver, Canada V6H 4E4.
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1885 Obverse 4 ICCS F-151291 - 1885 Obverse 4 ICCS F-15
Canadian Coinoisseur
1885 Obverse 4 ICCS F-15. Lightly toned
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 170.00 - 260.00
Sold to floor for (95.00) = 95.00
 
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1885, 1886, 1893 all ICCS G-6 & VG-81292 - 1885, 1886, 1893 all ICCS G-6 & VG-8
Canadian Coinoisseur
1885 Obverse 4 ICCS VG-8 pale toned, 1886 Obverse 5 Large Pointed 6 ICCS G-6 lightly toned and 1893 Flat Top 3 Obverse 6 ICCS VG-8 darkly toned
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 180.00 - 275.00
Sold to floor for (130.00) = 130.00
 
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1886 Large Knobbed 6 Obv 4, ICCS EF-451293 - 1886 Large Knobbed 6 Obv 4, ICCS EF-45
Canadian Coinoisseur
1886 Large Knobbed 6 Obverse 4 ICCS EF-45. A sharp, palr golden toned piece
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (550.00) = 550.00
 
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1886 Large Knobbed 6 Obv 5, ICCS VF-301294 - 1886 Large Knobbed 6 Obv 5, ICCS VF-30
Canadian Coinoisseur
1886 Large Knobbed 6 Obverse 5 ICCS VF-30. Pale golden toning with green and amber accents
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 220.00 - 350.00
Sold to dar_08 for (160.00 + 32.00BP) = 192.00
 
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1886 Large Knobbed 6 Obv 5, ICCS VF-301295 - 1886 Large Knobbed 6 Obv 5, ICCS VF-30
Canadian Coinoisseur
1886 Large Knobbed 6 Obverse 5 ICCS VF-30. A nice pale golden toned piece
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 220.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for (130.00) = 130.00
 
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1886 Large Pointed 6 Obv 5 ICCS VF-301296 - 1886 Large Pointed 6 Obv 5 ICCS VF-30
Canadian Coinoisseur
1886 Large Pointed 6 Obverse 5 ICCS VF-30. Attractively toned with light golden centers with darker ambers and iridescent blues toward the rims
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to fictional-.. for (400.00 + 80.00BP) = 480.00
 
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1886 Small 6 Over 6 Obverse 5, EF1297 - 1886 Small 6 Over 6 Obverse 5, EF
Canadian Coinoisseur
1886 Small 6 Over 6 Obverse 5, EF. A sharp, pale toned piece with considerable remaining lustre
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (450.00) = 450.00
 
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1886 Small 6 Obverse 5  ICCS VF-301298 - 1886 Small 6 Obverse 5 ICCS VF-30
Canadian Coinoisseur
1886 Small 6 Obverse 5 ICCS VF-30
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to dar_08 for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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Canada Ten Cents 1887 ICCS EF-401299 - Canada Ten Cents 1887 ICCS EF-40
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1887 ICCS EF-40. Pale golden toning
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
Sold to floor for (425.00) = 425.00
 
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Canada Ten Cents 1887 ICCS VF-301300 - Canada Ten Cents 1887 ICCS VF-30
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1887 ICCS VF-30. Light-medium toned
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 325.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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