½ Penny James Duncan Token

Features

Issuer Lower Canada (Canadian provinces)
Type Token
Years 1830-1841
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound
Composition Copper
Weight 5.5 g
Diameter 25.9 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
8420
References CCT# LC-13,
Clément Chapados-Girard; 2019. Canadian Colonial Tokens (10th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Breton His# 532
Pierre Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montreal, Canada.

Obverse

Legend and date within dotted border.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CANADA
·1830·

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HALF
PENNY

Edge

Plain

Comments

Weight: 5.3 - 5.8g
Diameter: 25.7 - 26.1mm

LC-13A 1830
LC-13B 1841

These coins vers minted by James Duncan, an ironmonger in Montreal. He moved to Charlottetown, Prince-Edward island, where these coins were also used.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1830  63% LC-13A
1841  $ 32 57% LC-13B

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