½ Penny Field Marshal Wellington - Large legend letters
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Features
| Issuer |
Lower Canada
(Canadian provinces)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1813 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 8.5 g |
| Diameter | 28.1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 81403 |
| References | CCT# WE-2A 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. |
Series: Wellington tokens
Obverse
Bust of Wellington left, legend around.
Script: Latin
Lettering: FIELD MARSHAL WELLINGTON
Reverse
Britannia seated left legend around.
Script: Latin
Lettering: HALFPENNY TOKEN
Edge
Plain / Engrailed / Reeded
Comments
Weight: 7.8 - 9.2g
Diameter: 27.6 - 28.6mm
→ WE-2A1 - Plain edge
→ WE-2A2 - Engrailed
→ WE-2A3 - Reeded
Mostly struck over Bristol halfpennies.
Diameter: 27.6 - 28.6mm
→ WE-2A1 - Plain edge
→ WE-2A2 - Engrailed
→ WE-2A3 - Reeded
Mostly struck over Bristol halfpennies.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1813) | $ 5.50 | WE-2A1 | 57% | ||||||||||||
| ND (1813) | $ 19 | $ 20 | $ 22 | WE-2A2 | 43% | ||||||||||
| ND (1813) | WE-2A3 | 1.7% | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 62
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