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1/2 Penny Regal Imitation - George III right, uniface
| 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 | Second crudely hand-cut effigy facing right, closely mirroring the obverse in style and execution, confirming the uniface double-headed nature of this regal imitation type. The portrait is similarly roughly engraved with minimal facial and drapery detail, set within a field largely devoid of inscription or decorative elements. A border of large, irregularly placed raised dots encircles the design at the rim, consistent with the primitive manufacture associated with the BL-21 series of Lower Canadian copper emergency tokens. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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By the 1830s, the chronic shortage of official small change in British North America had spawned an entire shadow economy of merchant tokens and imitation regal pieces. This uniface copper — struck with only one working die — was almost certainly produced by a private contractor exploiting that gap, never sanctioned by any colonial or imperial authority. The CCT BL-21 designation places it within a documented family of Baldwin-linked pieces, though attribution to a specific issuer remains contested among specialists.
Uniface production typically indicates an experimental strike, a collar failure, or a deliberate pattern piece rather than a coin intended for mass circulation.