½ Penny Wellington Peninsular token to Salamanca ND
1812 year| Copper | 8.5 g | 27.5 mm |
| Issuer | Lower Canada (Canadian provinces) |
|---|---|
| Type | Token |
| Year | 1812 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 8.5 g |
| Diameter | 27.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-10-04 |
| Numista | N#82742 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 56% |
Reverse
Eight lines of inscription within a circle, recording Wellington's Iberian campaign, legend around.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VIMIERA AUG 21·1808. TALAVERA JULY 28·1809. ALMEIDA MAY 5·1811
CUIDAD
RODRIGO
JAN.19.1812
BADAJOZ
APRIL.12·1812
SALAMANCA
JULY 22 1812
&c · &c · &c
Engraver: Thomas Halliday
Edge
Reeded.
Comment
Struck in Kingston-upon-Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England to commemorate a naval campaign around the Iberian peninsula by a British expeditionary force under Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington.
Weight: 8.1 - 8.9g
Diameter: 27.2 - 27.7mm
9 varieties exist:
WE-11A1 - 10 laurel leaves, large centre lock, copper/brass/silver, plain/reeded (vertically or diagonally)
WE-11A2 - 10 laurel leaves, small lock, copper
WE-11A3 - 10 laurel leaves, lock below ribbon, copper/silver, reeded diagonally
WE-11A4 - 10 laurel leaves, short equal locks, copper, reeded diagonally
WE-11A5 - 10 laurel leaves, single bow, copper/silver, reeded (vertically or diagonally)
WE-11A6 - 10 laurel leaves, without button, copper/silver, reeded (vertically or diagonally) Wi 1515A
WE-11A7 - 10 laurel leaves, with button, brass, plain
WE-11A8 - Mule of obverse WE-11A1 and reverse WE-11A5, copper, reeded (diagonally)
WE-11A9 - Nine leaves, reverse as WE-11A1, copper/silver, reeded (diagonally)