Robert Wallace McLachlan

Robert Wallace McLachlan (9 March 1845 – 10 May 1926), was a prolific early Canadian numismatist, who published many works focusing primarily on pre-Canadian Confederation coins, tokens and medals. He lived in Montreal, and was for many years the Treasurer and Curator of The Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal.[1][2] Along with fellow early Canadian numismatists Alfred Sandham, and P. N. Breton and Joseph Leroux, his publications are considered to have laid the foundations for Canadian numismatic research.[3]

In 1894, P. N. Breton stated that McLachlan's coin collection was the most extensive in Canada with over 8,000 pieces, ranging from ancient Greek issues to contemporary coins.[4] McLachlan sold his collection in its entirety to The Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal in 1922, which at that time had grown to an estimated 20,000 pieces.[5]

McLachlan published the following books and pamphlets on Canadian tokens:

  • The Edward Murphy Medal, published in 1877
  • Canadian Temperance Medals, published in 1879
  • The French-American Colonial Jettons, published in 1884
  • The Money and Medals of Canada Under the Old Regime, published in 1885
  • Canadian Numismatics: A Descriptive Catalogue of Coins, Tokens and Medals Issued in or Relating to the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, published in 1886
  • Statistics of the Coinage for Canada and Newfoundland, published in 1890
  • Canadian Communion Tokens, published in 1891
  • The Louisbourg Medals, published in 1891
  • Annals of the Nova Scotian Currency, published in 1892
  • Coins Struck in Canada Previous [to] 1840, published in 1892
  • Canadian Diamond Jubilee Medals, published in 1898
  • The Nova Scotian Treasury Notes, published in 1898
  • Medals Awarded to the Canadian Indians, published in 1899
  • Two Canadian Golden Wedding Medals, published in 1901

Notes
  1. Antiquarian1872 p. 140
  2. Willey1969 p. 116
  3. Willey1969 p. 115
  4. Hudgeons p. 281
  5. Numismatist p. 553

Bibliography
  • anonymous (January 1875). "Numismatic and Antiquarian Society". The Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal. 3 (3): 139–140.
  • anonymous (November 1922). "The McLachlan Collection Sold As An Entirety". The Numismatist. 35: 553–554.
  • Hudgeons, Marc; Hudgeons, Jr., Thomas E. (2007). The Official Blackbook Price Guide to World Coins 2008. Random House Information Group. ISBN 9780375721694.
  • Willey, R. C. (April 1969). "The History of Canadian Numismatics". The Canadian Numismatic Journal. 14 (4): 115.
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