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1/2 Penny - George Ords Bust and Harp
| Issuer | Lower Canada |
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| Year | 1834 |
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| Value | 1/2 Penny (1⁄480) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of George facing left, with flowing hair and drapery at the truncation, occupying the central field. A circular legend surrounds the effigy in Latin script, reading GEORGE ORDS TOKEN. The portrait is rendered in a classical style characteristic of early nineteenth-century token coinage produced for colonial circulation. |
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| Reverse description | A Irish harp of seven strings, surmounted by a Royal crown, occupies the central field. The harp's forepillar terminates in decorative scrollwork at the base. The legend IRELAND appears above and the date 1834 is placed in the lower field beneath the harp. The design closely echoes the Irish harp motif familiar from contemporary British regal copper coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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