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1/2 Penny Sir Isaac Brock
| Issuer | Upper Canada |
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| Year | 1816 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Two winged cherubs flank a funerary urn mounted on a rectangular pedestal, each cherub raising one hand to place a laurel wreath above the vessel in a commemorative gesture. The pedestal bears the incuse inscription FELL / OCT 13 / 1812, recording the date of General Isaac Brock's death at the Battle of Queenston Heights. The peripheral legend reads SIR ISAAC BROCK THE HERO OF UP. CANADA FELL OCT 13 1812, running clockwise within a beaded border. The overall composition is executed in a neoclassical relief style consistent with early nineteenth-century British token engraving. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a plain field dominated by the large date 1816 at centre, flanked above and below by two six-pointed star or asterisk ornaments serving as decorative punctuation. The circular peripheral legend SUCCESS TO COMMERCE & PEACE TO THE WORLD runs clockwise within a beaded border, expressing the mercantile and pacifist sentiments common to contemporary Canadian merchant tokens. The design is austere and typographic in character, with no figurative imagery, reflecting the utilitarian nature of this privately issued emergency halfpenny token. |
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