i think your particular brass token is known as a Canadian "Tiffin Token" (not sure where that name comes from). But they all feature pretty crude artwork, so they may also fall under the "blacksmith token" heading.
Joseph Tiffin was a Montreal grocer. He imported lightweight copper 1/2d tokens from England that were antedated 1812. The token was made from dies originally engraved by Thomas Halliday. The brass tokens are imitations of the original coppers, i.e. contemporary counterfeits of an antedated copy (ooh, the irony of that).
This token is catalogued by Charlton as LC48 with 11 major varieties, also known by Breton #'s 960 + 961. There is a new extensive catalogue on the market authored by researcher Greg Ingram listing known varieties at about 40.
Gene
BTW: yours appears to be LC48C2, Breton 961 valued at $5C in VG.
Gene
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Joseph Tiffin was a Montreal grocer. He imported lightweight copper 1/2d tokens from England that were antedated 1812. The token was made from dies originally engraved by Thomas Halliday. The brass tokens are imitations of the original coppers, i.e. contemporary counterfeits of an antedated copy (ooh, the irony of that).
This token is catalogued by Charlton as LC48 with 11 major varieties, also known by Breton #'s 960 + 961. There is a new extensive catalogue on the market authored by researcher Greg Ingram listing known varieties at about 40.
Gene
BTW: yours appears to be LC48C2, Breton 961 valued at $5C in VG.
Life member #369 of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors
Collector of:
Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
My Ebay