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Montreal ship copper
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a half-penny token in circulation in the Canadas in the early 19th century, issued in Quebec about 1816.
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1820
Such immense quantites of . . . spurious Coppers have been imported . . . that it has become absolutely necessary to [prohibit] the circulation of the Waterloo Harp, the Half penny tokens, having Britania on the one side and a ship on the other, and Montreal ship coppers.
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