Coins from Canadian provinces

During the period 1794 to 1867, Great Britain's foreign policy was to maintain rigid control of the British North American colonies. Colonies were to produce the raw materials needed by the homeland and to pay for imported goods in what the mother country considered legal tender. As the local colonial economies grew the need for circulating coinage became quite acute because they were constantly short of legal tender coins. Consequently the colonists resorted to their own ingenuity and produced many local tokens from many sources, including counterfeits.
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Canada › Canadian provinces › Prince Edward Island

½ Penny (Ships, Colonies and Commerce)
1815

Token
Brass • 4.6 g • ⌀ 28.0 mm
CCT# PE-9B, N# 100045
Available for swap ½ Penny (Ships colonies and commerce - club knob ampersand)
ND (1829-1830)

Token
Copper • 4.7 g • ⌀ 25.9 mm
CCT# PE-10, Breton His# 997, N# 82394
Available for swap ½ Penny (Ships, Colonies and Commerce - Cut knob ampersand)
ND (1830-1835)

Token
Copper • 5.7 g • ⌀ 26 mm
CCT# PE-10, Breton His# 997, N# 2588
½ Penny (Ships colonies and commerce - Bar ampersand)
ND (1835)

Token
Copper • 4.7 g • ⌀ 25.9 mm
CCT# PE-10, Breton His# 997, N# 82399
½ Penny (Commerce and Trade)
1840

Token
Copper • 6.1 g • ⌀ 27.7 mm
CCT# PE-4, Breton His# 916, N# 100007
1 Penny (P.E.I Uniface - McCausland)
ND

Token
Copper • 9.0 g • ⌀ 35.0 mm
CCT# PE-2, N# 100000
1 Penny (DMC P.E.I Uniface - McCarthy)
ND

Token
Copper • 11 g • ⌀ 34.4 mm
CCT# PE-3, N# 100002
1 Shilling - Charles IIII (Plug Dollar)
1791-1808

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.8 g • ⌀ 16 mm
CCT# PE-1B, KM# 1, N# 24521
5 Shillings - Charles IIII (Holey Dollar)
1791-1808

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 21.8 g • ⌀ 39.2 mm
CCT# PE-1A, KM# 2.1, N# 22552

Canada › Canadian provinces › Upper Canada

½ Penny (Sir Isaac Brock)
1812

Token
Copper • 5.0 g • ⌀ 26.6 mm
CCT# UC-5, Breton His# 723, N# 99760
½ Penny (Sloop Token - Commercial Change, Hunter)
1815

Token
Copper • 6.1 g • ⌀ 27.2 mm
CCT# UC-8, Breton His# 726, N# 99926
Available for swap ½ Penny (Sir Issac Brock)
1816

Token
Copper • 4.7 g • ⌀ 26.6 mm
CCT# UC-6, Breton His# 724, N# 52188
½ Penny (Sir Issac Brock)
1816

Token
Copper • 5 g • ⌀ 26.7 mm
CCT# UC-7, Breton His# 725, N# 70201
½ Penny (Sloop Token - Commercial Change, Shovels/Anvil)
1820

Token
Brass • 6.5 g • ⌀ 27.5 mm
CCT# UC-9, Breton His# 727, N# 25061
½ Penny (Sloop Token - Commercial Change, Cask)
1821

Token
Copper • 6.2 g • ⌀ 27.2 mm
CCT# UC-10, Breton His# 728, N# 99929
½ Penny (Sloop Token - Commercial Change, Cask)
1821

Token
Copper • 6.4 g • ⌀ 27.4 mm
CCT# UC-11, Breton His# 729, N# 99930
Available for swap ½ Penny (Sloop Token - To Facilitate Trade)
1823-1833

Token
Copper • 6.5 g • ⌀ 27.4 mm
CCT# UC-12, Breton His# 730, N# 42341
½ Penny (Lesslie and Sons)
ND (1824-1828)

Token
Copper • 7.1 g • ⌀ 27.5 mm
CCT# UC-2, Breton His# 718, N# 81529
½ Penny - Perrins Bros (speed the Plough - No labour, No bread)
ND (1830)

Token
Copper • 6.2 g • ⌀ 26.1 mm
CCT# UC-4, Breton His# 1010, N# 73607
½ Penny - (George IV)
1832

Token
Copper • 8.6 g • ⌀ 28.2 mm
CCT# UC-14, Breton His# 732, N# 81530
½ Penny (Sloop Token - Commercial Change - Tools)
1833

Token
Copper • 5.4 g • ⌀ 27.7 mm
CCT# UC-13, Breton His# 731, N# 85108
2 Pence (Lesslie and Sons)
1822

Token
Copper • 28.0 g • ⌀ 40.3 mm
CCT# UC-3, Breton His# 717, N# 99733
½ Penny - King George III (Copper Company of Upper Canada (Pattern))
1794

Pattern
Copper • 13.1 g • ⌀ 28.9 mm
CCT# PF-4, N# 353449
Available for swap ½ Penny - Bank of Upper Canada
1850-1857

Token
Copper • 8.1 g • ⌀ 27.7 mm
CCT# PC-5, Breton His# 720, KM# Tn2, N# 1898
Available for swap 1 Penny - Bank of Upper Canada
1850-1857

Token
Copper • 15.5 g • ⌀ 33.4 mm
CCT# PC-6, Breton His# 719, KM# Tn3, N# 1121

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