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[[Image:SB0123-40721o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 40721]]
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This specimen was lot 40721 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $336. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Canada|CANADA]]. Upper Canada. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1833. PCGS MS-62 Brown." This token was issued decades before regular coinage was issued for Canada. Upper Canada is today Ontario.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' copper.  

''Catalog reference:'' UC-12B2; Breton-730.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

''Link to:''
* Lower [[Canada 1815 1/2 penny token]]
* Lower [[Canada 1820 1/2 penny token]] "blacksmith"
* Upper [[Canada 1821 1/2 penny token]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1833]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale]]