1/2 Penny Imitation - Ships, Colonies and Commerce

Issuer Canadian provinces
Year 1835
Type Emergency coin
Value 1/2 Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound
Composition Copper
Weight 6.0 g
Diameter 26.5 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) CCT#BL-24C, Breton His#999
Obverse description A frigate sailing right with a short hull curving up to the top of a very high poop-deck. The prow joins the deck rail and the lower part of the open sprit sail joins the hull. The mainmast has no staysail. The ensign is wide with three hollows at the top and flies from a flagstaff set well forward of the stern. The exergue is small with pointed lines. The border is of straight, square-ended teeth. No beading.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Reverse description 4 line inscription of crude lettering, unevenly spaced and misaligned, and varying in size. The ampersand has a thick, blunt upper end. The border is finely saw-toothed. No beading.
Reverse script
Reverse lettering SHIPS COLONIES & COMMERCE
Edge Plain.
Mint
Mintage ND (1835) - -
Numisquare ID 9557005540
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