Buellride
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No silver on the past 2 hunts in the same curbstrips that have really produced for me. But on these last 2 hunts I have been finding a respectable amount of wheat pennies and today I found 3 additional wheats. But the most interesting and surprising find was a 1854 Canadian One Penny Bank Token! The size made me think I found a clad half dollar or so but upon further investigation I realized what I actually had.
Below is a quick excerpt about the coin. Very cool find for me
Between 1850 and 1857 the Bank of Upper Canada issued a series of handsome penny and halfpenny copper tokens. The obverse of a penny token issued in 1850 is shown and features a St. George and the dragon motif encircled by the legend BANK OF UPPER CANADA and the date. The St. George motif was designed by Benedetto Pistrucci for the British sovereign of 1817 and is considered to be the definitive representation of the theme. The token is about the size of a Canadian silver dollar and is part of the National Currency Collection, Bank of Canada.
Below is a quick excerpt about the coin. Very cool find for me
Between 1850 and 1857 the Bank of Upper Canada issued a series of handsome penny and halfpenny copper tokens. The obverse of a penny token issued in 1850 is shown and features a St. George and the dragon motif encircled by the legend BANK OF UPPER CANADA and the date. The St. George motif was designed by Benedetto Pistrucci for the British sovereign of 1817 and is considered to be the definitive representation of the theme. The token is about the size of a Canadian silver dollar and is part of the National Currency Collection, Bank of Canada.
No seriously that is how he confirmed what we were looking at 
