½ Penny North American Token

Features

Issuer	Canadian Colonies (Canadian provinces)
Type	Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens
Year	1825
Value	½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency	Pound
Composition	Copper
Weight	7.5 g
Diameter	27.6 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 161165
References	CCT# AM-5A Charlton Press (publisher). Canadian Colonial Tokens. Charlton Press (13 volumes). , Breton His# 1013 Pierre-Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada = Illustrated history of coins and tokens relating to Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montréal, Quebec, Canada. , PCGS# 589 PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts)

Obverse

Seated figure Hibernia holding a seven stringed harp and surrounded by the legend. The date is underneath but this one doesn't represent the year of production of the token.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NORTH AMERICAN TOKEN
1781

Reverse

A sailing ship on the water.
On top of the ship the legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: COMMERCE

Edge

Plain

Comments

Weight Varies: 7.5 to 7.8 Grams

Diameter Varies: 27.7 to 28 mm

According to the Charlton Guide, this token was struck in Dublin around 1825.

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Date		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1825)	Brass - CCT# AM-5A2	7%
ND (1825)	Copper - CCT# AM-5A1	93%

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