½ Penny Imitation - Ships, Colonies and Commerce - Harp Design

Features

Issuer Canadian provinces (Canada)
Type Token
Year 1835
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound
Composition Copper
Weight 5.1 g
Diameter 26.4 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
144691
References CCT# BL-28,
Clément Chapados-Girard; 2019. Canadian Colonial Tokens (10th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Breton His# 998
Pierre Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montreal, Canada.

Series: Blacksmith tokens

Obverse

Similar to the reverse of BL-4, a harp facing left. From a badly cracked die.

Reverse

4 line inscription similar to BL-24B.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SHIPS
COLONIES
&
COMMERCE

Edge

Plain.

Comments

BL-28A1 Weight: 3.3 - 3.7g. Thin flan.
BL-28A2 Weight: 6.5g Thick flan.

Graded AG to F-12.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1835)  BL-28A1
ND (1835)  BL-28A2

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