Token - Napoleon Bonaparte Canada Borderline ND

Reverse

In the center, the ship is sailing to the right with Union Jack, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: C'est du Cuivre

Translation: It's copper

Engraver: Joseph Davis

Comment

An unusual piece, representing both France and Britain. It prompted Lyman Low to write the following: "The ship, the flag, the inscription, the engraver and Napoleon make it highly probable, in my mind, that it was made for circulation in Canada, where the warmest welcome was extended to everything to a coin up to Victoria's reign." Low made another interesting comment on the token in the Cutting Sale, May, 1898. Bowman adds, "It is probably a pattern struck in the hope of obtaining orders for a quantity from Canada