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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jimski, post: 2870237, member: 77373&quot;]Great Britain, Richard Hurd halfpenny token, 8.42g.&nbsp; Richard Hurd tokens were circulated in the British colony of Lower Canada (today&#039;s southern Quebec), but apparently not this variety.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]685722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]685723[/ATTACH] </p><p>Engrailed&nbsp; edge</p><p>[ATTACH=full]685727[/ATTACH] </p><p>Charlton in his <u>Standard Catalog of Canadian Colonial Tokens</u> identifies 3 denominations of Richard Hurd tokens, penny, halfpenny, and farthing (all of the same design).&nbsp; Charlton writes: <i>Thomas Holliday designed this series of tokens for use in England. The farthing and penny did not circulate in Canada.&nbsp; … Of the halfpenny denomination only the plain edge, light weight specimens were imported by Richard Hurd, a Montreal merchant, for use in Canada.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>This halfpenny token is the heavy variety (8.5g nom vs 5.5g), and has an engrailed edge, rather than the plain edge.&nbsp; Therefore it would have been circulated in Great Britain, not Canada. </p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, it seems Hurd, a Canadian merchant, was selling tokens in Great Britain for profit.&nbsp; The British standard weight at the time was 9g copper for the halfpenny.&nbsp; A standard that was in effect from 1806 through the 1860’s.&nbsp; The British standard 9g copper/halfpenny was minted at less than intrinsic value, which left room for profit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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