SELECTIONS FROM GEOFFREY BELL 2016 RCNA SALE

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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 29, July 17, 2016, Article 21

SELECTIONS FROM GEOFFREY BELL 2016 RCNA SALE

Geoffrey Bell Auctions is the Official Auctioneer for the 2016 Ottawa Royal Canadian Numismatic Association sale being held July 20-22 in Ottawa. Here are some lots that caught my eye. -Editor

Lot 48: Ottawa/Carleton County Token - Br 784

To read the complete lot description, see:
Ottawa/Carleton County Token - Br 784 (http://auctions.gbellauctions.com/Ottawa-Carleton-County-Token-Br-784_i24981542)

Lot 61: One Baden, Ont. Trade Token

Opera House Store Baden Ontario token obverse

Opera House Store Baden Ontario token reverse

Interesting Boer War piece. I've not encountered this before. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
One Baden, Ont. Trade Token (http://auctions.gbellauctions.com/One-Baden-Ont-Trade-Token_i24981555)

Lot 261: Br 517. Bees swarming across water

Br 517. Bees swarming across water obverse

Br 517. Bees swarming across water reverse

Br 517. - Bees swarming across water, east to west, symbolizing the emigration of Frenchmen to New France, 1756. Sedem Non Animum Mutant. (They change their homes, not their minds). Wilson Obv. Y, signed R. filius in script for Joseph Charles Roettier, fils. Frossard 41; Wilson Sale, lot 433; Gadoury 161. Silver. VF-EF, but holed and plugged at top of obverse.

Interesting symbolism -Are there any other numismatic items that represent migrating people as a swarm of bees? Neat item despite the repair. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
http://auctions.gbellauctions.com/Br-517_i24981755

Lot 357: J.W. Millar Countermark on U.S. Quarter

J.W. Millar countermark on U.S. aurter obverse

J.W. Millar countermark on U.S. aurter reverse

Canadian Countermark - J.W. Millar countermark on obv. of U.S. quarter dollar, 1861 (M.I. 655, Brunk M-659).

J.W. Millar, a watchmaker and jeweller, was first located in 1856 at 80 Yonge Street in Toronto.

U.S. coins circulated widely. Here's a Seated Liberty quarter with the counterstamp of a Canadian merchant. -Editor

To read the complete lot description, see:
Canadian Countermark (http://auctions.gbellauctions.com/Canadian-Countermark_i24981851)

Lot 729: Lauzon Token

Lauzon Token Pair, 1821 - SUPERB RARITY - CH TR-2A. Br 560. PCGS VF35 & AU53 with a C/S JT. This is one of the earliest Canadian examples of a transportation token. The vessel on the token is the Lauzon, a 310-ton steam-powered side-wheeler. It was built and owned by John Goudie. The first steam-propelled vessel to make regular crossings of the St. Lawrence River between Quebec City and Levis. 2 Pcs.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Lauzon Token Pair, 1821 - SUPERB RARITY (http://auctions.gbellauctions.com/Lauzon-Token-Pair-1821-SUPERB-RARITY_i24982226)

Lot 734: 1907 P.N. Breton Letter
Numismatic Token Related Ephemera - P.N. Breton letter to C.W. Merritt of Norway, Iowa, dated November 8, 1907 advertising his new catalogue supplement updating prices, etc. is available. The cost is $1.00, 6 copies for $4.00 or 12 copies for $7.00. A neat piece of early Canadiana numismatic ephemera.

To read the complete lot description, see:
Numismatic Token Related Ephemera (http://auctions.gbellauctions.com/Numismatic-Token-Related-Ephemera_i24982231)

Lot 745: Ludger Gravel Advertising Card

The name Ludger Gravel should be familiar to American as well as Canadian collectors. In 2014 he was inducted into the American Numismatic Association's Numismatic Hall of Fame -Editor

Gravel began collecting coins as a young man. By the mid-1890s, he was an active member and leader of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Montreal in 1895.

Joining the ANA in 1908, Gravel helped organize the ANA's 1909 convention in Montreal, the first held outside the United States. He also served as ANA librarian (1910-12), Board member (1921-22), chairman of the ANA's second convention in Montreal (1923), second vice president (1923) and first vice president (1924).

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: 2014 ANA NUMISMATIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n29a16.html)

To read the complete lot description, see:
Ludger Gravel Advetising Card (http://auctions.gbellauctions.com/Ludger-Gravel-Advetising-Card_i24982242)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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