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1/2 Penny J. Shaw
| Issuer | Lower Canada |
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| Year | 1837 |
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| Value | 1/2 Penny (1⁄480) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays a central arrangement of trade tools and implements symbolizing the hardware merchant's trade: a shovel and saw crossed at the top, a kettle at center, and a knife and fork crossed at the bottom. A vice is positioned to the left and a saw to the right, flanking the central composition. The design occupies the full field in a heraldic-style grouping, with no legend or border inscription, presenting a purely symbolic mercantile motif characteristic of Lower Canadian merchant tokens of the 1830s. |
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| Reverse lettering | J.SHAW & Co IMPORTERS OF HARDWARES UPPER TOWN QUEBEC |
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| Mintage | ND (1837) - LC-19A1 - ND (1837) - LC-19A2 - |
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