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1/2 Penny British Copper Company - Mercury
| Issuer | British Copper Company |
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| Year | 1809-1810 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare bust of Mercury in left profile, wearing a winged petasus (the characteristic hat of the messenger god); a caduceus is depicted behind the shoulder. The effigy is rendered in high relief with finely detailed classical style, occupying the central field, with no encircling legend. |
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| Reverse description | Britannia seated left, holding an olive branch in her extended right hand and a trident in her left, with a Union shield resting at her side; the letters BCC appear on the ground beneath her feet. The central device is encircled by a wreath of oak leaves bearing 17 leaves on the left branch and 18 on the right, with 18 acorns distributed nine to each side; the centre and right prong of the trident touch a leaf of the wreath, and an acorn on a long stalk touches the baseline beneath Britannia's foot. |
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| Mintage | ND (1809-1810) - W#630 - ND (1809-1810) - W#633 - |
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