Watch List notes:

Canada, British Colonial. John Shaw & Co. CU 1/2 Penny. 1837. Shovel and saw crossed above kettle; crossed knife and fork below, vice to left, saw to right / J.SHAW & Co IMPORTERS OF HARDWARES UPPER TOWN QUEBEC in six lines. CCT LC-19; Breton 565. 7.09g, 28mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Rare.

At the time of issue, this token coinage was denounced as a profiteering fraud by newspaper Le Canadien.