| Issuer | Lower Canada |
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| 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. |
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| 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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