½ Penny / 1 Sou Banque du Peuple
Features
| Issuer |
Lower Canada
(Canadian provinces)  |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | People's Bank (Banque du Peuple) |
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1837 |
| Value | 1 Sou = ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 9.5 g |
| Diameter | 28.2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 22496 |
| References | CCT# LC-8C Charlton Press (publisher). Canadian Colonial Tokens. Charlton Press (13 volumes). 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. Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
Canadian Habitant standing in traditional winter costume.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PROVINCE DU BAS CANADA
UN SOU
Reverse
Arms of the City of Montreal with the name of the participating bank on the ribbon.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANK TOKEN
CONCORDIA SALUS
BANQUE DU PEUPLE
1837
HALF PENNY
Edge
Plain
Comments
Diameter: 28.2 - 28.3mm
LC-8C1 The right seriph of "V" and the top of "I" in PROVINCE are in line
LC-8C2 The right seriph of "V" is lower than the top of "I" in PROVINCE
Proofs exist of LC-8C2.
LC-8C1 The right seriph of "V" and the top of "I" in PROVINCE are in line
LC-8C2 The right seriph of "V" is lower than the top of "I" in PROVINCE
Proofs exist of LC-8C2.
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| Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1837 | 240 000 | $ 4.90 | $ 4.90 | $ 4.90 | $ 8.10 | $ 16 | LC-8C1 | 93% | |||||||
| 1837 | LC-8C2 | 7% | |||||||||||||
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