Issuer | Lower Canada (Canadian provinces) |
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Type | Token |
Year | 1837 |
Value | 1 Sou = ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
Currency | Pound |
Composition | Copper |
Weight | 9.2 g |
Diameter | 28.2 mm |
Shape | Round |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Demonetized | Yes |
Number |
N# 22495
Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
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References |
CCT# LC-8B, ![]()
Pierre Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montreal, Canada.
KM# Tn7 ![]() And 5 more volumes. |
Canadian Habitant standing in traditional winter costume.
Lettering:
PROVINCE DU BAS CANADA
UN SOU
Engraver: John Shaw
Arms of the City of Montreal with the name of the participating bank on the ribbon.
Lettering:
BANK TOKEN
CONCORDIA SALUS
QUEBEC BANK
1837
HALF PENNY
Engraver: John Shaw
Smooth
Weight: 9.0 - 9.4g
Diameter: 28.2 - 28.3mm
LC-8B1 The right seriph of "V" and the top of "I" in PROVINCE are in line
LC-8B2 The right seriph of "V" is lower than the top of "I" in PROVINCE
LC-8B2 has a variation without a period after "half penny"
An Habitant is an early French settler in Canada (esp. Quebec) or Louisiana.
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Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||
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Undetermined | ||||||||||||
1837 | 120 000 | $ 2.89 | $ 3.42 | $ 4.72 | $ 6.79 | 92% | LC-8B1 | |||||
1837 | 10% | LC-8B2 |
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