Other coins from this collection Other coins from United Kingdom This coin is not for sale or trade Added on: 05-Oct-2005
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Description:
½ Penny token.
Could just as easily be listed under Canada but I believe this was made in Great Britain.
The British Navy suffered a series of humiliating defeats in ship to ship combat in the early days of the War of 1812 against the tiny American Navy. An exception was the combat of the Shannon vs the Chesapeake, depicted on the reverse, where Captain Broke emerged the victor and towed the defeated Chesapeake back to Halifax.
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Europe
VG (Very Good) 1814 |