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Brock copper
[< General Sir Isaac Brock, 1769-1812, British Commander-in-Chief in Upper Canada]
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a copper coin, worth about a farthing, that circulated in Canada after the War of 1812 until stopped by law because an influx of American counterfeit coins rendered them worthless.
See: Wellington copper
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1819
We, the subscribers, will receive, as small change, the various species of Coppers, which have heretofore been current here, except those denominated Brock Coppers, and Waterloo coppers.
1848
The old "Brock" and "Wellington" coppers are familiar to the recollection of the old settlers; they once formed our only copper circulation although 4 or 5 of them would not balance a British penny!
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