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1/2 Penny - Bank of Upper Canada
| Emittent | Bank of Upper Canada |
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| Jahr | 1850-1857 |
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| Durchmesser | 27.7 mm |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Central field depicts Saint George, helmeted and cloaked, mounted on a rearing horse and thrusting a lance downward into a writhing dragon beneath the horse's hooves, rendered in high relief in the tradition of the Benedetto Pistrucci sovereign design. The scene is set on a ground line in the lower field, with the date 1857 positioned below, flanked by two small six-pointed star ornaments. The circular legend BANK OF UPPER CANADA arcs along the upper periphery, separated from the toothed border by a fine rim. |
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| Averslegende | BANK OF UPPER CANADA 1857 |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
The Bank of Upper Canada tokens were issued to address a chronic shortage of government-sanctioned small change in the province — a problem that had plagued commerce since the late eighteenth century. The provincial legislature authorized private bank token issues precisely because the imperial government in London showed little urgency in supplying adequate coinage to the colonies. These pieces were struck in Birmingham, almost certainly by Ralph Heaton & Sons, who handled a substantial portion of British colonial copper work during this period.
The bank itself collapsed in 1866, a casualty of reckless lending and the economic disruption following Confederation debates.