Harps Public Deposited

Definition
  • The name given to a series of copper tokens issued in Canada in 1820, and later. They bear on the obverse a bust of George IV, and on the reverse a large harp, and the date. They were so popular as currency that large numbers of brass counterfeits were made.

Source
  • Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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