½ Penny North American Token

½ Penny (North American Token) - obverse½ Penny (North American Token) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Canadian provinces (Canada)
Type Token
Year 1825
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound
Composition Copper
Weight 7.5 g
Diameter 27.6 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
161165
References CCT# AM-5A,
Clément Chapados-Girard; 2019. Canadian Colonial Tokens (10th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Breton His# 1013,
Pierre Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montreal, Canada.
PCGS# 589
PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts)

Obverse

Seated figure Hibernia holding a seven stringed harp and surrounded by the legend. The date is underneath but this one doesn't represent the year of production of the token.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NORTH AMERICAN TOKEN
1781

Reverse

A sailing ship on the water.
On top of the ship the legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: COMMERCE

Edge

Plain

Comments

Weight Varies: 7.5 to 7.8 Grams

Diameter Varies: 27.7 to 28 mm

 

According to the Charlton Guide, this token was struck in Dublin around 1825.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1825)  5% Brass - CCT# AM-5A2
ND (1825)  90% Copper - CCT# AM-5A1

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