Need help identifying a coin?

Need help looking up an old coin ..HELP !!?

• need help looking up an old coin I have an old coin I have to look up and I am having trouble, I have no idea how to or what to write in google . So I thought i'd ask help from the coin people who may know how to. The info needed is what it is worth . I thought also it would be a challenge for coin collecting buffs . PLEASE HELP! On it's front it says.. 1/2 penny bank token one half penny on the back it says.. bank of upper canada 1852 it's hard to see the picture because it is a rusty kind of thing with gross green on it. and thanks in advance !! I REAAALY apreciate it,

• Answer:

  Your token is either Haxby 217 or 217a they are the same but one is medal struck the other is coinage struck alignment. Medal struck is when you turn the coin over from left to right both sides are upright, coinage stuck is when you turn the coin over from button towards the top, the reverse is upright. Canadian coins are medal and U.S. coins are coin aligned. The token is worth about the same no matter which way it is. They are not rare and sell for $5 to $15. The part that says bank of Upper Canada is the front (obverse), on the reverse is a coat of arms with a crown over it. The Bank of Upper Canada received the right to issue copper tokens in 1850 after the capital was moved to Toronto from Montreal. The 1852 issues were made at 2 mints one being the Royal mint in London the other the private Heaton mint in Birmingham England. Your coin must have been in the ground, it would be unwise to clean it for the green has eaten into the copper and if removed will leave a hole. You do have a great piece of early canadian history. There are quite a few Americans that collect the colonial token of Canada and I am one of them. I don't go nuts about it but like them for their history. Hope this helps.