This copper token was issued by the Bank of Upper Canada and served as a form of currency within the colony. <br>The Bank of Upper Canada was authorized to coin copper in 1850 and employed firms like Row, Kentish &amp; Co. to order production at the Royal Mint. <br>The 1852 issue, like the one pictured, was partly struck by Heaton &amp; Sons in Birmingham using dies supplied by the Royal Mint. <br>The token features a design based on Benedetto Pistrucci's British coin design, with the initials 'R.K. &amp; Co.' (Rowe, Kentish, &amp; Co.) below the dragon, indicating the agent used by the Bank of Upper Canada for their orders.
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