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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bill in Burl, post: 1089939, member: 23692&quot;]These, along with other types are sometimes called Wellington Tokens, are really categorized as &quot;Penninsular Tokens&quot;.&nbsp; They really aren&#039;t Canadian .. more properly they are British or Spanish.&nbsp; They were struck for Wellington&#039;s British army to pay his troops for use in Spain and Portugal (the pennisula).&nbsp; The coins were brought to Canada by troops sent over to fight the Americans during the War of 1812.&nbsp; Other tokens of the same general type have either the Reverse (halfpennies) or Obverse (pennies) with legends carrying the names of famous battles where Wellington defeated Napolean.&nbsp; My 5th Edition of Charlton&#039;s &quot;Colonial Tokens&quot; (2003?)says VF=$75 &amp; EF=$125 in Canadian dollars (but the dollar exchange rate then was #1 US = $1.50 Canadian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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