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1/2 Penny Regal Imitation - George III left
| Issuer | Canadian provinces |
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| Year | 1835 |
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| Value | 1/2 Penny (1⁄480) |
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| Reverse description | A crude and crudely struck figure of Britannia seated to the right, holding a long spear in her left hand and a spray of leaves in her right, loosely imitating the standard reverse type of the British regal halfpenny. The seated figure is rendered in a barbarous style with minimal detail, lacking the trident and shield typically associated with the official Britannia type. The field is flat and unpolished, with no discernible legend or inscription present. The overall execution is consistent with an unofficial imitation struck for emergency circulation in the Canadian provinces. |
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| Mintage | 1835: ND (1835) |
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These "regal imitations" occupy an odd corner of colonial monetary history — privately struck tokens designed to mimic official British copper coinage closely enough to circulate without friction, yet produced entirely outside Royal Mint authority. By the 1830s, Upper and Lower Canada were chronically starved of small change, and entrepreneurial merchants and token issuers filled the gap. The brass composition distinguishes this piece from the copper used in genuine regal issues, a substitution that would have been immediately apparent to any careful handler.
CCT BL-12 places this among the Blacksmith tokens — a loosely defined group of crudely manufactured Canadian pieces whose actual maker remains unidentified.