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Beaver Bullion Magdalen Island 1815 1oz. .999 Fine Copper

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Beaver Bullion Magdalen Island 1815 1oz. .999 Fine Copper

This commemorative 1oz Copper Round is the first within the new Beaver Bullion Bank Token Copper Series. To launch this new series, Beaver Bullion chose to commemorate the 1815 Magdalen Island Token.

1815 Magdalen Island Bank Token
The Magdalen Islands were settled by the French who gave them the name Îles de la Madeleine. During the French period the islands were governed from Acadia and after 1713 from Isle Royale. The islands were ceded to Great Britain in 1763 and placed under the control of the government of Newfoundland. When Quebec Act was passed in 1774 the Magdalen Islands were transferred to the colony of Quebec. In 1791 they were included in the territory of Lower Canada.

After the American Revolution the islands were granted to Sir Isaac Coffin as a reward for loyalty during the war. He visited the islands only once, in 1815, with the intent to set up feudal barony. One of the privileges claimed by Sir Isaac Coffin was the right to coin money. He ordered a coinage of pennies from Sir Edward Thomason of Birmingham and planned to issue halfpennies as well. He was reputed to have taken a coining press and dies with him in order to set up a mint on the islands.

The coin was struck by Sir Edward Thomason from dies probably cut by Thomas Halliday who produced several dies for Sir Edward.

After the long history of bad relations, the government of Canada bought out the descendants of Sir Isaac Coffin and resold the land to its inhabitants.

Information from: Canadian Colonial Tokens Catalogue, 10th Ed. 2020, Mark Drake Publisher.
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