Catalog
1/2 Penny - Original Bust and Harp
| Issuer | Lower Canada |
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| Year | 1820-1825 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Laureate effigy of King George IV facing left, depicted in cuirass (body armour), with a wreath of laurel leaves adorning his hair. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the neoclassical style, occupying the central field. No legend surrounds the bust, leaving the field plain. |
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| Reverse description | A decorative harp whose pillar takes the form of a winged female figure facing left, her body forming the structural column of the instrument. The strings extend from her raised arms to the curved neck of the harp above. The date appears in the exergue below the harp design. The field is otherwise unadorned, with no surrounding legend. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1825 |
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