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Blacksmith Token "Blacksmith Copper" (SEE PICS!) Did you know … The name is derived from reference b

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Blacksmith Token  Blacksmith Copper  (SEE PICS!) Did you know … The name is derived from reference b
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Blacksmith Token "Blacksmith Copper" (SEE PICS!)
Did you know … The name is derived from reference by R.W. McLachlan in an 1885 article about Canadian Numismatics, where he describes a specific coin of this series and says:
"Previous to 1837, when the lack of specie caused copper change to be accepted in bulk, there lived in Montreal a blacksmith of dissipated habits. He prepared a die for himself, and when he wished to have a "good time" he struck two or three dollars in these coppers, and thereby supplied himself with sufficient change with which to gratify his wishes." [6]
While this description was intended to describe only a specific coin in the series, "blacksmith token" or "blacksmith copper" was the name that stuck, and was soon applied to all of these types of coins. While the rarer blacksmith tokens may well have been struck by a single person by hand, the large numbers of some of the more common tokens in this series suggests that some of them came from more professional minting operations. McLachlan stated that the numerous types of blacksmith tokens available and their quantity meant that they were either struck at several different establishments in quantity, or a large number came from one establishment which operated for several years.[7] More recent research points to the blacksmith tokens being created at various locations in Lower Canada, and possibly in Upper Canada and the United States (Internet Research Credit : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksmith_token)