1857 Bank of Upper Canada Half Penny ☆☆ Token ☆☆ Great Collectible 516

Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated

Denomination: Half Penny

Composition: Copper

Color: BN

Fineness: 0.75

Grade: Ungraded

KM Number: 95

Country of Origin: Canada

Certification: Uncertified

This 1857 Half Penny token is a classic piece of Canadian numismatic history, issued a full decade before the British North American Act created the Dominion of Canada. During this era, the Bank of Upper Canada was authorized to produce these high-quality copper tokens to address a chronic shortage of official government small change. These "Bank Tokens" were the lifeblood of the Canadian frontier, used by settlers, fur traders, and merchants throughout the mid-19th century.