½ Penny - Copper Company of Upper Canada , United States (pre-federal and private/territorial)
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Obverse
Hope (with anchor) presents two children to Liberty, who holds a pole bearing a liberty cap. Very similar to the Myddelton token but without seated Britannia on reverse. The Myddelton token was struck for a proposed Kentucky settlement. Cornucopia behind Liberty, representing the fertility of Kentucky. Plant sprig between the figures, representing Myddelton's Kentucky venture
Latin
BRITISH SETTLEMENT KENTUCKY 1796.
Reverse
Company name in center, value around outside.
Latin
ONE HALF PENNY COPPER COMPANY OF UPPER CANADA
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