½ Penny - George Ords Bust and Harp

½ Penny - George Ords (Bust and Harp) - obverse½ Penny - George Ords (Bust and Harp) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Lower Canada (Canadian provinces)
Type Token
Year 1834
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound
Composition Brass
Weight 7.5 g
Diameter 28 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
83895
References CCT# LC-61,
Clément Chapados-Girard; 2019. Canadian Colonial Tokens (10th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Withers# 1830
Paul Withers, Bente R. Withers; 2010. The Token Book / Volume 1. British Tokens of the 17th 18th and 19th Centuries and Their Values. Galata Print Limited, Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales.

Obverse

Laureate bust left, lettering around

Lettering: GEORGE ORDS TOKEN

Reverse

A harp of seven strings surmounted by a Royal crown, date below

Lettering: IRELAND 1834

Edge

Plain

Comments

Weight: 7.3 -7.7g

LC-61A - Brass
LC-61B - Copper

Struck in Dublin, the dies were shallow which resulted in shallow legends which rapidly wore out. Making these tokens ideal for transport to Canada. Large numbers of these were found in the famous hoard of tokens sent for safety to Quebec City from Montreal in the weeks before the rebellion of 1837. Originals carry the legends GEORGE ORDs TOKEN // IRELAND 1834.
 To qualify as a Canadian token the legends should not be legible. Only weakly struck tokens were shipped to Canada.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1834  67% LC-61A
1834  50% LC-61B

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