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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 1608649, member: 20201&quot;]This is a crude imitation of the Ships Colonies &amp; Commerce token which is known as one of the &quot;Blacksmith Tokens&quot;. I only own one and it is the most common. These were deliberately made to appear as worn coinage so they could blend in with the many different coppers of the day. Here is mine, imitating a King George III halfpenny. Instead of Georgius III REX the designer being sarcastic and disrespectful of the King engraved Glorious III VIS. Mine is actually in pretty nice condition, maybe choice VF or even better since most of the design that appears to be worn away was not ever there in the dies used to begin with. These remind me of the Connecticut Colonial coins. I was watching that token. I am really interested to see what the <b><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F1820-Blacksmith-Harp-Token-%2F271132412985%3Fpt%3DUS_Canadian_Coins%26hash%3Ditem3f20c04c39" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F1820-Blacksmith-Harp-Token-%2F271132412985%3Fpt%3DUS_Canadian_Coins%26hash%3Ditem3f20c04c39" rel="nofollow">1820 Bust Harp Blacksmith</a></b> token will fetch that may have been cleaned. I bet over $1,000.00 is very possible.</p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=216846&amp;d=1353280696" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=216845&amp;d=1353280695" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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