1 Sou Belleville - 18 cherry leaves / 1 shamrock

1 Sou (Belleville - 18 cherry leaves / 1 shamrock) - obverse1 Sou (Belleville - 18 cherry leaves / 1 shamrock) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Lower Canada (Canadian provinces)
Type Token
Years 1835-1838
Value 1 Sou (1⁄480)
Currency Pound
Composition Copper
Weight 7.5 g
Diameter 27.0 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
95949
References CCT# LC-28,
Clément Chapados-Girard; 2019. Canadian Colonial Tokens (10th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Breton His# 702
Pierre Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montreal, Canada.

Obverse

Bouquet contains one or more maple leaf, shamrock, thistle, wheat ear, blade, rose, and oak leaf.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
: AGRICULTURE & COMMERCE :
BAS - CANADA

Engraver: John Gibbs

Reverse

Cherry leaves surrounding value with lettering top and bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TOKEN
UN
SOU
MONTREAL

Engraver: John Gibbs

Edge

Plain

Mint

The Belleville Mint, Belleville, New Jersey, United States (1831-1846)

Comments

Reverse - Wreath with eighteen cherry leaves
Obverse - Bouquet with one shamrock
Weight: 7.2 - 7.8g
Diameter: 27.0 - 27.1mm

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1835-1838)  LC-28

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