1 Sou Belleville - 16 cherry leaves / 2 shamrocks
Features
| Issuer |
Lower Canada
(Canadian provinces)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Years | 1835-1838 |
| Value | 1 Sou (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 7.2 g |
| Diameter | 27.0 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 95904 |
| References | CCT# LC-21 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
Bouquet contains one or more maple leaf, shamrock, thistle, wheat ear, blade, rose, and oak leaf.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
☩ AGRICULTURE & COMMERCE ☩
BAS - CANADA
Engraver: John Gibbs
Reverse
Cherry leaves surrounding value with lettering top and bottom.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
TOKEN
UN
SOU
MONTREAL
Engraver: John Gibbs
Edge
Plain
Mint
Belleville Mint (The Belleville Mint), Belleville, New Jersey, United States (1831-1846)Comments
Reverse - Wreath with sixteen cherry leaves
Obverse - Bouquet with two shamrocks
Weight: 6.9 - 7.5g
Diameter: 26.9 - 27.1mm
Obverse - Bouquet with two shamrocks
Weight: 6.9 - 7.5g
Diameter: 26.9 - 27.1mm
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1835-1838) | $ 7.20 | $ 12 | $ 26 | ||||||||||||
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