Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 86561, member: 57463&quot;]Agreed that the Krause Standard Catalog World Coins has good information on mintages and prices.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Grading is tricky because the Bank of Upper Canada tokens were <b>privately struck to high standards with the latest technology. It is easy to overgrade them.</b>&nbsp; They all look so nice, that VFs become AUs in the eye of the beholder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an article from Notre Dame&#039;s numismatic pages:</p><p><a href="http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Blacksmith.intro.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Blacksmith.intro.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Blacksmith.intro.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Charlton Press specializes in books about Canadian numismatics:</p><p><a href="http://www.charltonpress.com/NumismaticsBook.asp?v_ISBN=0-88968-277-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.charltonpress.com/NumismaticsBook.asp?v_ISBN=0-88968-277-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.charltonpress.com/NumismaticsBook.asp?v_ISBN=0-88968-277-1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Bank of Canada Currency Museum has an online presentation about Tokens.&nbsp; Click on The Collection and take the appropriate choices.&nbsp; Start here:</p><p><a href="http://www.currencymuseum.ca/eng/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.currencymuseum.ca/eng/" rel="nofollow">http://www.currencymuseum.ca/eng/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Government of Canada has another presentation about tokens here:</p><p><a href="http://collections.ic.gc.ca/bank/english/banktken.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://collections.ic.gc.ca/bank/english/banktken.htm" rel="nofollow">http://collections.ic.gc.ca/bank/english/banktken.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You google &quot;bank of upper canada&quot; and follow many links, to learn the history, including one from The Canadian Encyclopedia, this from the Canadian Historical Review:</p><p><a href="http://www.utpjournals.com/product/chr/701/bank6.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.utpjournals.com/product/chr/701/bank6.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.utpjournals.com/product/chr/701/bank6.html</a></p><p>and this one:</p><p><a href="http://www.brucebelltours.com/html/bank_of_upper_canada.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.brucebelltours.com/html/bank_of_upper_canada.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.brucebelltours.com/html/bank_of_upper_canada.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, there is this overview for collectors:</p><p><a href="http://www.limunltd.com/numismatica/articles/rowdy-penny-tokens.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.limunltd.com/numismatica/articles/rowdy-penny-tokens.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.limunltd.com/numismatica/articles/rowdy-penny-tokens.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in