I bought these two today because they're cool. 1 is a 1915 Canadian Large Cent in a nice Red Brown the other is an 1854 Half Penny from the Bank of Upper Canada. I didn't spend more than I could just light on fire if I wanted to, so if they were worthless it wouldn't matter to me, but do they have any value?
The BUC half penny is a token. In that condition, worth $2-$3. The 1915 cent is hard to tell from the photo.
1854 Upper Canada Half Penny might be a crosslet. It's difficult to tell, since it could also just be a damaged 4, but it doesn't look like the regular 4, due to that lump/tail at the end. VG-8 value is $4, and I think that's not quite G-5, so maybe a buck, if non-crosslet or $5 if crosslet. The 1915 Penny looks XF/AU, so $5-$8 retail.
Difficult to see if the 4 is crossleted on the half penny. If so it is more valuable in VF condition $30. without crosslet 4 $7. mintage 1,500,000
thanks for the quick answers guys by crosslet, you mean a 4 that has a serif at the end? I paid $2 for it, so I don't think I did well as an investment. I like it, however, and that's worth $2 to me any day of the week. So, into my small lot of odd denomination coins it will go. I thought it was cool that it's before Canadian Confederation, and that's it's truly a Half Penny, which has it's own interest here in the US As for the 1915 Large Cent. I bought it because of it's color. It looks to me to be original. A very nice reddish brown. The US got rid of Large Cents in 1857, so except for a pocket piece 1804 Large Cent that I recently lost somewhere in my house, I don't collect large coppers. That said, Canadian Large Cents have always piqued my interest.
