Lot 71
71
Halfpenny, Bank of Montreal, copper (Breton-524), rare "side view" of bank, obv., BANK OF MONTREAL above, date below view of bank, rev., BANK TOKEN HALF PENNY around arms in garter, extremely fine

Details
Halfpenny, Bank of Montreal, copper (Breton-524), rare "side view" of bank, obv., BANK OF MONTREAL above, date below view of bank, rev., BANK TOKEN HALF PENNY around arms in garter, extremely fine
Further details
Struck by Cotterill, Hill & Co. of Walsall, England, the so-called "side view" Halfpennies (120,000 pieces coined) and Pennies (240,000 pieces coined) of 1838-1839, were rejected by the bank due to inferior workmanship. While relatively attractive to today's collectors, the perspective of the bank building is out of true.