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1/2 Penny - King George III Copper Company of Upper Canada (Pattern)
| Emittent | Copper Company of Upper Canada |
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| Jahr | 1794 |
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| Nennwert | 1/2 Penny (1⁄480) |
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| Reversbeschreibung | The reverse presents a bold, large-lettered legend ONE HALF PENNY arranged radially around the outer field, reading clockwise from the lower left, with each word separated and set against a plain field within a continuous beaded border. At the center, a recessed circular panel contains the four-line inscription COPPER / COMPANY / OF UPPER / CANADA in well-spaced serif capital letters. A small pellet or stop appears at the base of the outer field below the central circle. The overall design is spare and typographic in character, emphasizing the issuer's identity with clarity and commercial directness typical of Canadian merchant token coinage of the late eighteenth century. |
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| Reverslegende | ONE HALF PENNY COPPER COMPANY OF UPPER CANADA |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
The Copper Company of Upper Canada was a short-lived commercial venture that never actually operated a mine — it existed primarily on paper, with its tokens serving as a speculative instrument rather than a working merchant's currency. The 1794 patterns were produced in Birmingham, almost certainly by the Soho Mint or a contractor operating in its orbit, during the height of the provincial token boom when private copper coinage was flooding into British North America to fill a chronic shortage of regal small change.
PF-4 in the CCT cataloguing system denotes pattern status — this piece never entered circulation. Whether the company ever intended production issues remains unresolved.