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On Friday and again yesterday, I headed back to a site the arkies dug last year. 
These are some of the relics they left behind for me to find. My first find was a pocket watch key, followed by what I feel based on the decoration style, is an early-Victorian ladies sash buckle. I also found an 1838 Lower Canada Halfpenny and a small bust of what I think may be a young Queen Victoria. I also think this piece maybe silver, as it's extremely black, it may also have come from a piece of Mourning Jewelry. Of course, this is just speculation on my part, it may very well not be Victoria, but just be an image of a Victorian Lady? The farmer showed up to spray the soybeans while I was there on Friday, he told me that ?this John Deere sprayer has 120' boom arms.
When I showed the farmer the halfpenny I found he was excited to hear that I had found it on his farm, so I offered to give it to him after I cleaned it up a bit. He then proceeded to tell me about another site the arkies had dug a few years ago, that I didn't know about. We then took me on a mile long walk to a remote location high in the fields and pointed out where the site was.
If the weather is good next Friday, I'll head over to the new site. I found the teapot lid at the side of the new site, likely casually tossed aside by the arkies, I'm not exactly sure how old it is though.
Un Sous "Bouquet Sous" 1835 - 38 'TRADE & AGRICULTURE LOWER CANADA' Halfpenny Token
The chronic shortage of small coins during the first half of the 19th century gave rise to a series of attractive copper tokens known as "bouquet sous." In 1835 the Governor of Lower Canada granted the Bank of Montreal the authority to issue copper tokens of good weight to meet the need for small change. The front side of the tokens showed a bouquet of roses, thistles, shamrocks and wheat and the reverse carried the denomination, "Un Sou," hence the name "bouquet sous." In 1836 the Bank of Montreal was permitted to add its name to the legend on the reverse. In 1837 La Banque du Peuple was also authorized to issue "bouquet sous." These tokens became so popular that many lightweight imitations in both copper and brass were soon put into circulation by unscrupulous individuals. The genuine tokens were manufactured in England and in the United States, but the counterfeit pieces were strictly a Canadian product. Altogether there are over fifty varieties of these tokens, several, both genuine and counterfeit, showing the denomination in the very ungrammatical form of "Un Sous." Since these tokens were produced in England this was obviously the work of a non-bilingual die cutter.
Thanks very much for looking,
Dave
These are some of the relics they left behind for me to find. My first find was a pocket watch key, followed by what I feel based on the decoration style, is an early-Victorian ladies sash buckle. I also found an 1838 Lower Canada Halfpenny and a small bust of what I think may be a young Queen Victoria. I also think this piece maybe silver, as it's extremely black, it may also have come from a piece of Mourning Jewelry. Of course, this is just speculation on my part, it may very well not be Victoria, but just be an image of a Victorian Lady? The farmer showed up to spray the soybeans while I was there on Friday, he told me that ?this John Deere sprayer has 120' boom arms.When I showed the farmer the halfpenny I found he was excited to hear that I had found it on his farm, so I offered to give it to him after I cleaned it up a bit. He then proceeded to tell me about another site the arkies had dug a few years ago, that I didn't know about. We then took me on a mile long walk to a remote location high in the fields and pointed out where the site was.
If the weather is good next Friday, I'll head over to the new site. I found the teapot lid at the side of the new site, likely casually tossed aside by the arkies, I'm not exactly sure how old it is though. Un Sous "Bouquet Sous" 1835 - 38 'TRADE & AGRICULTURE LOWER CANADA' Halfpenny Token
The chronic shortage of small coins during the first half of the 19th century gave rise to a series of attractive copper tokens known as "bouquet sous." In 1835 the Governor of Lower Canada granted the Bank of Montreal the authority to issue copper tokens of good weight to meet the need for small change. The front side of the tokens showed a bouquet of roses, thistles, shamrocks and wheat and the reverse carried the denomination, "Un Sou," hence the name "bouquet sous." In 1836 the Bank of Montreal was permitted to add its name to the legend on the reverse. In 1837 La Banque du Peuple was also authorized to issue "bouquet sous." These tokens became so popular that many lightweight imitations in both copper and brass were soon put into circulation by unscrupulous individuals. The genuine tokens were manufactured in England and in the United States, but the counterfeit pieces were strictly a Canadian product. Altogether there are over fifty varieties of these tokens, several, both genuine and counterfeit, showing the denomination in the very ungrammatical form of "Un Sous." Since these tokens were produced in England this was obviously the work of a non-bilingual die cutter.
Thanks very much for looking,
Dave
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. I usually don't get too worked up over sash buckles but that one is just a beauty!
