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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Canada Fifty Cents 1946 ICCS MS-641851 - Canada Fifty Cents 1946 ICCS MS-64
Canadian Coinoisseur
1946 ICCS MS-64. Softly struck with great lustre and near flawless surfaces with pale golden toning. It is tied as the fourth highest graded by ICCS
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 325.00 - 500.00
Sold to gouden10 for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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Canada Fifty Cents 1946 ICCS MS-631852 - Canada Fifty Cents 1946 ICCS MS-63
Canadian Coinoisseur
1946 ICCS MS-63. Pale golden toning
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 160.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (95.00) = 95.00
 
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1946 Design in 6 ICCS AU-501853 - 1946 Design in 6 ICCS AU-50
Canadian Coinoisseur
1946 Design in 6 ICCS AU-50. A near fully lustrous, pale golden toned piece
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 450.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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1946 Design in 6 ICCS AU-501854 - 1946 Design in 6 ICCS AU-50
Canadian Coinoisseur
1946 Design in 6 ICCS AU-50. A near fully lustrous, pale golden toned piece
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 450.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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Canada Fifty Cents 1946 Design in 6, EF1855 - Canada Fifty Cents 1946 Design in 6, EF
Canadian Coinoisseur
1946 Design in 6, EF. Pale golden toning
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 450.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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1947 Straight 7 ICCS MS-641856 - 1947 Straight 7 ICCS MS-64
Canadian Coinoisseur
1947 Straight 7 ICCS MS-64. A typical soft strike with great lustre and near flawless pale golden toned surfaces. It is tied as the highest graded by
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
Sold to jetomli for (425.00 + 85.00BP) = 510.00
 
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1947 Straight 7 ICCS MS-631857 - 1947 Straight 7 ICCS MS-63
Canadian Coinoisseur
1947 Straight 7 ICCS MS-63. Pale golden toning
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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1947 Straight 7 ICCS MS-631858 - 1947 Straight 7 ICCS MS-63
Canadian Coinoisseur
1947 Straight 7 ICCS MS-63. Pale golden toning
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (152.00) = 152.00
 
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1947 Straight 7 ICCS MS-631859 - 1947 Straight 7 ICCS MS-63
Canadian Coinoisseur
1947 Straight 7 ICCS MS-63. Pale golden toning
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (110.00) = 110.00
 
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1947 Straight 7 1947 Curved 7, both Unc1860 - 1947 Straight 7 1947 Curved 7, both Unc
Canadian Coinoisseur
1947 Straight 7 and 1947 Curved 7, both Uncirculated and both pale golden toned
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 160.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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