1820 North West Company Token. W-9250. Brass, With Hole. Reeded Edge. EF Details—Corrosion (NGC).，Dark brown, roughened surfaces show lighter brassy hues at the high points of the designs on this extremely sharply defined specimen that was undoubtedly Mint State when lost to the ground. To the uninitiated: This token, despite the commentary, is about par for an example of this issue. Surface roughness varies throughout the coin, joined by some as-made flan flaws through central reverse. Most survivors of this rare issue are ground finds, many of them from the "Umpqua River Hoard" which hit the market in the late 1970s, primarily through the pages of our (Bowers and Ruddys) Rare Coin Review (see RCR 31, 1978). No other numismatic issue relates better to the history of the fur trade in the modern Pacific Northwest. If so inclined, with a little bit of reading and this token to pass around, you could give a half-hour program at a club meeting or convention.，PCGS# 952. NGC ID: 2B6H.，，From the Q. David Bowers Collection.
