1820 IMITATION BUST AND HARP TOKEN

THERE ARE ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE VARIETIES, MOSTLY COMMON, 

THEY ARE ALL VERY INFERIOR IN WORKMANSHIP.

OBV: (BUST OF KING GEORGE IV WEARING A CUIRASS, FACING LEFT)

REV: (HARP WITH THE BODY OF A WINGED FEMALE, FACING LEFT) / 1820

5 GRAMS BRASS 27 MM

OBV:

- NO DIE CRACK

- THREE LOCKS OF HAIR STANDING ABOVE THE HEAD

- SHIRT FRILL HAS FIVE IRREGULAR RUFFLES

REV:

- STEM OF THE LOWER SHAMROCK IS ATTACHED AT LEFT OF THE LEAF

10 HARP STRINGS

1820 CANADIAN HALF CENT BUST AND HARP - 

"BUST AND HARP" TOKEN IS A FASCINATING PIECE OF CANADIAN NUMISMATIC HISTORY, ISSUED FOR EMERGENCY MERCHANT CURRENCY IN LOWER CANADA (MODERN-DAY QUEBEC). MOST WERE STRUCK BETWEEN 1825 AND 1835; THE 1820 DATE WAS USED DUE TO NEW LAWS THAT PROHIBITED THE IMPORTING PRIVATE TOKENS AFTER 1825. THE OBVERSE FEATURES A LAUREATES BUST OF GEORGE IV , WHILE THE REVERSE DEPICTS A WINGED FEMALE FIGURE MERGED WITH A IRISH HARP, 

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