½ Penny Britannia and Eagle
Features
| Issuer |
Lower Canada
(Canadian provinces)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1813 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 8.8 g |
| Diameter | 27.9 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 85109 |
| References | CCT# LC-54A 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. |
Obverse
Britannia seated left in counter- clockwise wreath
Reverse
Spread eagle holding x4 arrows and an olive spray.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
HALFPENNY TOKEN
1813
Edge
Engrailed
Comments
Original tokens struck over S.Guppy Bristol tokens are of full weight. Issued by a Boston merchant named Nye who settled in Phillipsburg during 1812.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1813 | |||||||||||||||
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