1820 North West Company Token

Any ideas if this is Copper or Brass?

Also, is it better to leave it as-is in its uncleaned corroded conditon?

What do you think of the value in its current state?

 

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1) leave it alone!
Do not clean, unless you send it to NCS for 'curating'.

in good condition red book lists at $800.

Also, listed as copper or brass, so must be same value.

 

When doing some research online, it appears that the brass is 10x more common than the copper. I also found that there are only 7 known copper versions in existance today. I was just wondering if I may have found number 8?

I did find a few auctions where these have sold. They all appear to have been cleaned at one time or another. The auctions I've found range from a brass for $3,700+ to a copper for $11,500. Most of these were sold by Heritage Auction Galleries.

Anyway, I guess not a bad find. This past weekend, I was looking through some glassware that i inherited from my late grandmother and found this coin/token in a glass.

 

According to Early American Tokens (Rulau 1988) there are two varieties - Copper and Brass. Under Brass the description reads "Laureate bust of George IV right, TOKEN / 1820. Rv: Beaver right, NORTH WEST above, COMPANY below. Plain edge."

Also:

Listed values (1988) are:

Brass - VG $225, F $375
Copper - VG $250, F $425

 

I disagree, a cleaning would vastly improve this coin. That being said, unless Twinton has experience in cleaning this type of corrosion/encrustation, its best that he either leaves it be or sends it to NCS.

 

NCS would be a great option for this coin, I think, after doing a lot of research on their services.

 

Ardatirion


And tht is why I mentioned NCS for 'curating' (which is an expensive word for : "cleaning").

 

Neeeeever mind. Term papers are frying my brain. hya:

 

So, does anybody have an opinion if this is most likely brass or copper?

Or is it too hard to determine in its current state?

 

I also two north west company tokens and I was trying to find out if they were real or not.. but mine do not have hole at the 12'o'clock spot. how can i find out if they are real or fake?

 

North west company 1820 token

I have one in almost mint condition without the hole in it. I am looking for a way to price it and sale it. Any help would be great