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1/2 Penny Seated Justice
| Issuer | Lower Canada |
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| Year | 1820 |
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| Value | 1/2 Penny (1⁄480) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of George III facing right, rendered in low relief within an inner beaded border. The effigy displays the king's characteristic aged portrait with laurel wreath and truncated drapery at the shoulder. The date 1820 appears in the exergue below the bust, with a plain field surrounding the portrait. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Allegorical figure of Justice seated to the left upon a plinth, draped in classical robes. Her outstretched left arm holds a balance scale, while her right arm rests upon a fasces or similar attribute. The composition is set within a plain field bordered by a continuous beaded outer rim, with a raised horizontal ground line beneath the figure. No legend or inscription appears on this die. |
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