1850 penny and 1857 half cent!!

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I tried out the BIG COIL today. My standard Ctx coil bit the dust and shorted out Thursday. Hit a pounded park for 2 hours and figured I might pull a 60s silver.

NOPE!!!

1850 Bank of Upper Canada penny and a 1857 Bank of Upper Canada Half Penny.

Plus some clad ;)

Big coil works pretty good !

Here's some cool info from wiki

In 1850, the Bank of Upper Canada received the right to issue a coinage due to a severe coin shortage. The coinage consisted of 1/2 Penny and 1 Penny Bank Tokens. The obverse of the coins carried a representation of St.George slaying the dragon based on Benedetto Pistrucci's gold sovereign coinage design. The reverse of the coins carried the then obsolete Coat-of-Arms of Upper Canada. The 1850 issue was struck at the Royal Mint, London, but the coins did not arrive in Canada until 1851. Some of the 1d. pieces bear a dot between the tips of the cornucopiae, but the significance of this is unknown. The letters "R.K. & Co." is not a mintmark. It is the mark of Rowe, Kentish and Company of London, the agents the Bank of Upper Canada used to place their coin orders.
In 1852, the Royal Mint started to strike the second issue, but due to a heavy schedule and time pressure, the coin dies and planchets were transferred to Heaton's Mint. There is a way that the strikings can be distinguished. The Royal Mint issue has the dies in medallic alignment, whereas, the Heaton's Mint issue has the dies in coin alignment.
In 1854, Heaton's Mint were asked to strike a new coinage. There are two types of '4's' in the date: a plain '4', and a crosslet '4'.
In 1857, Heaton's Mint were asked to strike this final coinage. The reason why this was the final coinage was, because the introduction of a decimal currency into Canada was being contemplated.
In 1863, the Bank of Upper Canada complained to the Canadian government that it had a hard time trying to issue their final coinage because of the change to decimal currency. The government bought the coins and stored them in a warehouse as copper bullion. After Canadian Confederation, a proportion of the coins managed to reach circulation, but the majority of the coins were melted in 1873 under government supervision.
Popularity [edit]

The coins of Upper Canada are very popular with collectors of British Empire coins, not only those of Canada. There are a few scarce pieces in this series. The 1857 issue is quite difficult to find. The pieces have been given the affectionate nickname of "St. George Pieces", because of the obverse design.
References [edit]

Coins of Canada by J.A. Haxby and R.C. Willey.

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Sorry to hear your coil crapped out on you. You did well with the big one though. Congrats on the coppers. :icon_thumleft:
 

Love those Canada Bank Pennies!!!I dug one this last season as well!!Great find
 

Great finds. I'm loving the giant CTX coil. Finds small targets too, but pin pointing is difficult. Congrats!
 

It was interesting lol. I used the "wiggle back" and it was a lot easier. This place is so pounded. I'm excited to go back!!
 

It was interesting lol. I used the "wiggle back" and it was a lot easier. This place is so pounded. I'm excited to go back!!

Yeah. The wiggle back definitely works best as does digging larger plugs :)
 

Bigger is better in this case. I was surprised by its accuracy in iron, but do you find the depth reading are out to lunch on shallower coins? I had a crap penny at 2" that showed 7"
 

those are awesome fella!!
 

Bigger is better in this case. I was surprised by its accuracy in iron, but do you find the depth reading are out to lunch on shallower coins? I had a crap penny at 2" that showed 7"

Yeah. Sometimes I'll pull a big plug and the coin in near the top. But other times its pretty accurate. I'm still getting used to it. But I'm impressed with the small targets it can pick up. I found a small 22 caliper short shell at about 8-10 inches deep.
 

man something about seeing a large green disc when u flip over the dirt is just awesome to me!, its pretty cool seeing all the old coppers people are pulling. Nice coins!:hello2:
 

I pulled some good stuff today in IRON. how close is it to your feet? That thing is HEAVY!!! And slow
 

I pulled some good stuff today in IRON. how close is it to your feet? That thing is HEAVY!!! And slow

Lol. Not very close to my feet. But it does feel heavy toward the end of a long day.
 

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