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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 4958625, member: 29751"]The Bank of Upper Canada token halfpennies (and pennies) were issued to help with a severe coin shortage in provincial Canada. The tokens were issued dated with only 4 years: 1850, 1852, 1854, and 1857. All of the 1850 tokens and part of the 1852 tokens were struck by the Royal Mint, whereas the other part of the 1852 tokens, and all of the tokens of 1854 and 1857 were struck by the Heaton Mint. The Royal Mint tokens were struck with medallic alignment, whereas the Heaton Mint issues were struck in coin alignment.</p><p><br /></p><p>I purchased my first of these halfpenny tokens in 2013, and have been following and slowly working on a date set since then. After 7 years of patience, I have completed the short date set of 4 pieces. Note my 1852 token is a Heaton example struck in coin alignment. I have also purchased a couple "duplicates" over the years - so I have two examples from 1854 and 1857.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>My main short set:</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1192034[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1192035[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1192037[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1192039[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>A couple duplicates:</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1192036[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1192038[/ATTACH] </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 4958625, member: 29751"]The Bank of Upper Canada token halfpennies (and pennies) were issued to help with a severe coin shortage in provincial Canada. The tokens were issued dated with only 4 years: 1850, 1852, 1854, and 1857. All of the 1850 tokens and part of the 1852 tokens were struck by the Royal Mint, whereas the other part of the 1852 tokens, and all of the tokens of 1854 and 1857 were struck by the Heaton Mint. The Royal Mint tokens were struck with medallic alignment, whereas the Heaton Mint issues were struck in coin alignment. I purchased my first of these halfpenny tokens in 2013, and have been following and slowly working on a date set since then. After 7 years of patience, I have completed the short date set of 4 pieces. Note my 1852 token is a Heaton example struck in coin alignment. I have also purchased a couple "duplicates" over the years - so I have two examples from 1854 and 1857. [B]My main short set: [ATTACH=full]1192034[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1192035[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1192037[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1192039[/ATTACH] A couple duplicates: [ATTACH=full]1192036[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1192038[/ATTACH] [/B][/QUOTE]
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