1 Sou Molson Breweries

Features

Issuer	Lower Canada (Canadian provinces)
Type	Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens
Year	1837
Value	1 Sou = ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency	Pound
Composition	Copper
Weight	10 g
Diameter	28.8 mm
Thickness	2.0 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 99301
References	CCT# LC-16 Charlton Press (publisher). Canadian Colonial Tokens. Charlton Press (13 volumes). , Breton His# 562 Pierre-Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada = Illustrated history of coins and tokens relating to Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

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Obverse

Cask with lettering within circle surrounded by lettering.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THS & WM MOLSON
BREWERS
UN SOU
DISTILLERS
& . & . & .
MONTREAL

Engraver: Jean-Marie Arnault

Reverse

Distillery equipment within circle surrounded by lettering, date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CASH PAID FOR ALL SORTS OF GRAIN
1837

Engraver: Jean-Marie Arnault

Edge

Plain and reeded.

Comments

Weight: Thick flan; 11.0 - 11.3g
Thin flan; 8.8 - 9.8g
Diameter: 28.2 - 29.4mm
Thickness: Thick flan; 2.1 - 2.3mm
Thin flan; 1.7 - 1.9mm

LC-16A1 Thick flan, reeded
LC-16A2 Thick flan, plain
LC-16A3 Thin flan, reeded
LC-16A4 Thin flan, plain
LC-16B Silver, reeded ↑→

The reverse of this token is modelled after, in reverse, of a Perthshire halfpenny token of 1797.

Molson's was the first brewery in North America and has continuously operated from 1786 to today. Molson Brewery (family owned) still owns these dies. They are the owners of Canada's most storied hockey team, the Montreal Canadiens, which are still affectionately called "Les Habitant" (see Habitant Tokens).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1837												LC-16A1
1837												LC-16A2
1837												LC-16A3
1837												LC-16A4
1837												LC-16B

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2020 July 5 The Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Part II World Coins Special Monthly Online Auction 61158 Lot 98222	5 Jul 2020	1837 – LC-16A1	UNC (NGC MS62)	USD 2200.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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