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1/2 Penny Pure copper preferable to paper

Issuer Canadian provinces
Year 1820-1830
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Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
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Obverse description A full-length standing figure of an Irishman in period dress, wearing a top hat and coat, raising a shillelagh (stick) in his right hand while holding a shamrock sprig in his lowered left hand. The figure stands upon a small plinth decorated with a diamond motif at the base of the field. The central device is enclosed within an open wreath composed of oak and shamrock branches, the whole surrounded by a beaded border.
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Reverse description The reverse bears a five-line inscription in bold raised Latin lettering centered in the field, reading PURE / COPPER / PREFERABLE / TO / PAPER, serving as a direct commentary on the monetary instability of the era. The legend fills the entire field and is contained within a beaded inner border, with a plain outer rim, presenting a stark and unadorned typographic composition characteristic of Canadian colonial token issues.
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Reverse lettering PURE COPPER PREFERABLE TO PAPER
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