LC-3A2 Un Sous Token Lower Bas Canada Bank of Montreal Québec Bouquet Breton 714

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LC-3A2 Un Sous Token Lower Bas Canada Bank of Montreal Québec Bouquet Breton 714
Circa 1838 Un Sous Lower Bas Canada Bank of Montreal Québec Bouquet
Trade & Agriculture Copper Token No Stem Plain Edge - Scare Variety -
Lovely sharp higher grade example with red & brown, trivial marks on obverse
Struck at the Soho Mint, issued by The Bank of Montreal
The chronic shortage of small coin during the first half of the 19th century gave rise to a series of copper tokens known as "bouquet sous". In 1835 the Governor of Lower Canada granted the Bank of Montreal authority to issue copper tokens of good weight to meet the demand for small change
LC-3A2 is a Scarce variety among this common type. Reference #'s are as follows:
Breton# 714 ; Courteau# 4 ; Bowman# 7 ; Sandham# 74 ; Haxby Willey# 128 ; Batty# 251-256 ; Raymond# 64 ; Willey# 685
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