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Country: Toronto, Upper Canada - Canadian provinces
Private Issue
Type: Token
Year: 1823 (1823-1833)
Value: 1/2 Penny (1/480)
Currency: Pound
Composition: Copper
Weight: 6.3 g
Diameter: 27.2 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Grade: Fine (Damaged, holed)
Shape: Round
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized: Yes
References: CCT# UC-12A2, Breton# 730
Obverse:
Trade Ship.
Lettering:
HALF PENNY TOKEN
UPPER CANADA
Reverse:
Plough facing right.
Lettering:
TO FACILITATE TRADE
1823
Edge:
Reeded.
Comments:
Diameter: 27.2 - 27.6mm
UC-12A1 - Bowsprit points between "DA" of CANADA, Medal axis.
UC-12A2 - Bowsprit points above the final "A", Coin axis.
UC-12B1 - Bowsprit points between 'DA" of CANADA, Medal axis.
UC-12B2 - Bowsprit points above final "A", Coin axis.
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.
To see :
Reference : CCT# UC-12A2, Breton# 730
Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4...
Collection : Canada - Monnaies et Tokens