Another 170-year-old token sold for more than $60,000 at the recent Fall 2015 Toronto Coin Expo, setting a new numismatic record for the highest-priced Canadian token sold at an auction. Altogether, the auction realized nearly $800,000 from some 950 lots of tokens, coins, medals and banknotes as part of Geoffrey Bell Auctions biannual Coin Expo sale. The auction’s highlight was undoubtedly lot 129, an 1845 Bank of Montreal (BMO) halfpenny (Breton 527) that crossed the block for $61,200 after an estimate of $40,000-$50,000. Continue reading →
Lot 129 was this 1845 Bank of Montreal halfpenny (Breton 527), which realized $61,200 and set a new Canadian numismatic record.
