1/2 Penny Thomas Halliday

Issuer Lower Canada
Year 1812
Type Emergency coin
Value 1/2 Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound
Composition Copper
Weight 8.7 g
Diameter 26.5 mm
Thickness 1 mm
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s) Thomas Halliday
In circulation to
Reference(s) CCT#LC-46, Breton His#960, Withers#1450
Obverse description Laureate and draped bust of George III right, H on the truncation, all within a wreath of oak. There are 4 pearls in the shoulder brooch. There are 5 pearls in the shoulder brooch which merge into the centre, not `no pearls` as stated by Davis. There is no H on the truncation.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Reverse description Commerce seated left on a bale; in her right hand, scales; in the left, a cornucopia; in the distance a ship. On the ground at the right, H , the head of Commerce does not touch Y and here are 5 ears of corn of equal length radiating neatly from the cornucopia
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering HALF PENNY TOKEN 1812
Edge Central diagonal milling \\
Mint
Mintage 1812 - LC-46A1 -
1812 - LC-46A2 -
1812 - LC-46A3 -
Numisquare ID 5757498200
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