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Copper Company of Upper Canada Proof 1/2 Penny Token 1794 PR65 Red and Brown NGC, Br-721, PF-4. Original, coinage alignment, with orange centers progressing to dark brown at the peripheries. Not long after John Simcoe took office as Governor of Upper Canada, he addressed the severe copper coin shortage in the province. Boulton & Watt (Soho Mint) in England was approached to produce a halfpenny token. Pattern pieces were prepared and sent to Canada in 1794 for approval. At that point Simcoe forwarded the samples to the Home Office for approval. Home Office denied the proposal and instead arranged for a shipment of worn Tower halfpence from Ireland. So, Upper Canada got castoffs instead of a beautiful new coinage. The so-called "originals" or approval samples for the proposed coinage have delicate digits in the date on the obverse, with the 17 and 94 separated by a wide gap, and on the reverse have R's with straight tails and round O's. Fewer than 25 are believed to have survived.
Ex. Doug Robbins Collection
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5600-8400 USD
Copper Company of Upper Canada Proof 1/2 Penny Token 1794 PR65 Red and Brown NGC, Br-721, PF-4. Original, coinage alignment, with orange centers progressing to dark brown at the peripheries. Not long after John Simcoe took office as Governor of Upper Canada, he addressed the severe copper coin shortage in the province. Boulton & Watt (Soho Mint) in England was approached to produce a halfpenny token. Pattern pieces were prepared and sent to Canada in 1794 for approval. At that point Simcoe forwarded the samples to the Home Office for approval. Home Office denied the proposal and instead arranged for a shipment of worn Tower halfpence from Ireland. So, Upper Canada got castoffs instead of a beautiful new coinage. The so-called "originals" or approval samples for the proposed coinage have delicate digits in the date on the obverse, with the 17 and 94 separated by a wide gap, and on the reverse have R's with straight tails and round O's. Fewer than 25 are believed to have survived.
Ex. Doug Robbins Collection
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5600-8400 USD