½ Penny Sloop Token - Commercial Change, Shovels/Anvil

Features

Issuer Upper Canada (Canadian provinces)
Type Token
Year 1820
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound
Composition Brass
Weight 6.5 g
Diameter 27.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
25061
References CCT# UC-9,
Clément Chapados-Girard; 2019. Canadian Colonial Tokens (10th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Breton His# 727
Pierre Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montreal, Canada.

Obverse

Sloop sailing right with lettering top and bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HALFPENNY TOKEN
UPPER CANADA

Engraver: John Sheriff

Reverse

Crossed shovels over anvil

Script: Latin

Lettering:
COMMERCIAL CHANGE
1820

Edge

Reeded

Comments

Weight: 6.4 - 6.7g
Diameter: 27.2 - 27.7mm

UC-9A1 Obv: Bowsprit points to final "A" of CANADA, Rev: Wide handles far from legend, Coin alignment
UC-9A2 Obv: Bowsprit points between "DA" of CANADA, Rev: Wide handles far from legend, Medal alignment
UC-9A3 Obv: Bowsprit points between "DA" of CANADA, Rev: Wide handles far from legend, Coin alignment
UC-9A4 Obv: Bowsprit points above final "A" of CANADA, Rev: Wide handles far from legend, Coin alignment
UC-9A5 Obv: Bowsprit points above final "A" of CANADA, Rev: Narrow handles near legend, Coin alignment
UC-9A6 As A1 but in brass, Coin alignment

The Sloop Tokens appear after 1825, some being openly antedated to evade the law of 1825 against private tokens. The law was openly ignored in Upper Canada, who were secure in their relative isolation from the commercial and political centre of Lower Canada.
At the time, the sloop was the chief means of transportation on the Great Lakes and far more reliable than any form of land transport. Rev. Henry Scadding said this sloop was a portrayal of the packet "Duke of Richmond", owned by a man named Oates.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1820  61% UC-9A1
1820  19% UC-9A2
1820  5% UC-9A3
1820  23% UC-9A4
1820  13% UC-9A5
1820  1.2% UC-9A6

Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this coin. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%.

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