1/2 Penny J. Shaw

正面描述	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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附加信息	The 1837 date on these tokens reflects the commercial crisis gripping Lower Canada that year — a collapse in credit and a shortage of authorized small change that left merchants scrambling to conduct everyday transactions. J. Shaw was among several private traders and hardware merchants who commissioned copper tokens to fill that gap, issuing them on their own authority rather than waiting for a colonial administration that showed no urgency in resolving the problem. The tokens circulated widely alongside anonymous bank and bouquet sous issues, often regardless of the issuing merchant's name on them. Breton 565 is moderately common in worn grades, reflecting genuine heavy use.

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