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Auction: 25124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 43: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 455

Canada, Alfred Desroches, Numismatist, WM Medal, struck c. 1886 (Breton 573), lustrous, extremely fine or better, rare, only 110 struck

Provenance

The Esseight Collection of French and World Coins
Alfred Desroches was born in Pointe-aux-Trembles on March 29, 1839 and went to Assumption College. He left in 1853 to work for Bohle & Henderey & Leslie, goldsmiths, located on St-Pierre Street in Montreal. In 1863, he moved to Terrebone and he became a sergeant in the company of Volontaires de Terrebonne. In 1860, he married Julie Gervais and they had four children. As a student of numismatics, he assembled at least two collections of his adopted country, being sold in 1891, and 1892 to P N Breton.

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