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1835 1/2 Penny Canada Token Ships Colonies & Commerce You Grade Bronze Metal
1835 1/2 Penny Canada Token Ships Colonies & Commerce You Grade Bronze Metal

1835 1/2 Penny Canada Token Ships Colonies & Commerce You Grade Bronze Metal

$ 10.54

Availability: 96 in stock
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Denomination: 1/2 Penny
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Condition: Circulated, you grade
  • Year: 1835
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada

    Description

    1835 1/2 Penny Canada Token
    Ships Colonies & Commerce
    Bronze metal (?)
    This is a circulated, you grade token
    Re. B-997
    One of the commonest kinds of metallic tokens issued in Canada by merchants and others to alleviate the shortage of coins were the ones bearing a ship on the obverse side and the inscription SHIPS, COLONIES & COMMERCE on the reverse. The inscription refers to the famous statement made by Napoleon in 1811 that ships, colonies and commerce were the three British advantages that would defeat him in the end.