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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kuhli, post: 44027, member: 86&quot;]This is from an old 1965 Charlton <u><i>Standard Catalog of Candian Coins, Tokens and Paper Money</i></u></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="1">p.14</font>&nbsp; <span style="color: DarkSlateBlue">After the American revolution, the Magdalen Islands were granted to Sir Isaac Coffin, who only once visited his American possessions; this was in 1815.&nbsp; Before starting, he ordered a large number of these coins and a coining press from Sir Edward Thomason of Birmingham.&nbsp; These he brought to the Islands, where the coins were distributed.&nbsp; It was originally intended to strike half-pennies also, but none were struck.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Charlton #17, Breton #520.&nbsp; VG=$8.00, F=$12.00, VF=$18.00, EF=$25.00, UNC=$60.00[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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