½ Penny Sir Issac Brock

Features

Issuer	Upper Canada (Canadian provinces)
Type	Token
Year	1816
Value	½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency	Pound
Composition	Copper
Weight	4.7 g
Diameter	26.6 mm
Shape	Round
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 52188
References	CCT# UC-6, Clément Chapados-Girard; 2019. Canadian Colonial Tokens (10th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Breton His# 724 Pierre Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montreal, Canada.

Obverse

Cherubs left and right placing a wreath on a memorial or tomb

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SR ISAAC BROCK
THE HERO OF UPR (Upper) CANADA
FELL
OCT 13
1812

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1816
SUCCESS TO COMMERCE &
PEACE TO THE WORLD

Edge

Oblique reeded

Comments

Weight: 4.5 - 4.9 g
Diameter: 26.4 - 26.8 mm

UC-6A1 Cherubs' heads under "T" and "ER", oval wreath, base of urn is curved, large date, flat top"1's", Medal alignment
UC-6A2 Cherubs' heads under "TH" and "R", oval wreath, base of urn is flat, pedestal has 3 steps, flat top"1's", Medal alignment
UC-6A3 Cherubs' heads under "T" and "ER", circular wreath, base of urn is flat, pedestal has 2 steps, flat top"1's", Medal alignment
UC-6A4 Cherubs' heads under "T" and "ER", circular wreath, base of urn curves upwards, pedestal has 2 steps, flat top"1's", Medal alignment
UC-6A5 Cherubs' heads under "T" and "R", circular wreath, base of urn is flat, pedestal has 2 steps, flat top"1's", Medal alignment
UC-6A6 Cherubs' heads under "TH" and "R", oval wreath, base of urn is flat, pedestal has 3 steps, flat top"1's", Medal alignment
UC-6A7 Cherubs' heads under "T" and "R", oval wreath, base of urn is flat, pedestal has 3 steps, flat top"1's", Coin alignment
UC-6A8 Cherubs' heads under "TH" and "R", oval wreath, base of urn is flat, pedestal has 3 steps, top of "1's" slanted, Coin alignment
UC-6A9 Cherubs' heads under "T" and "R", oval wreath, base of urn is flat, pedestal has 3 steps, flat top "1's", Medal alignment

Gibbs states that "....all varieties are diagonally reeded although some are so faint as to appear plain." These tokens were the second issue but became too plentiful and were discredited by 1820.

Note: A coin with an obverse of UC-6 and reverse of UC-5 is a modern mule created by Pobjoy Mint.

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