1. HCMM Catalog Number and Dies Making Up This Die Pair

2. Other Die Pairs That Include One of the Dies of BUC-218

None

1. Obverse O218 Die Cracks and Die State Progression

No die cracks noted. Die pair state progression only from reverse markers.

2. Obverse O218 Broken Letters Unrepaired or Repunched

Summary: BANK OF UPPER CANADA * 1850 *

Letter color code: Black = normal, Green = broken & unrepaired, Brown = broken with noteworthy repunching

Special Comments:

In BANK the N has been repunched in low relief and tilted slightly to the left in a new font with very thin serifs. The thin serif of the new font replaces the top of the left top of the right leg and the right top is doubled..

In BANK the K has been repunched so that both serifs at the top of the upright are low..

In UPPER the Ps have been repunched in with a new font with tapering upper left serifs.

In UPPER the E is repunched in slightly lower relief in near perfect register, but the break points of the original upper arm show at the ends.

In CANADA the N is repunched. The new serif appears at the upper left, but the left serif on the top of the right leg was apparently broken on the letter punch because that portion of the original letter remains broken.

The 1850 is repunched, leaving doubling at the lower right inside the 0.

3. Obverse O218 Die Clashes, Gouges, and Misc. Features

1. Reverse R218 Die Cracks and Die State Progression

Summary: BANK Crn TOKEN * ONE.PENNY *

Red = area with die crack(s) observed in most advanced die pair state

Die Pair State Progression

Abbreviations: Cr = crack, T = trace, S = small, M = moderate, L = large

Special Comments:

None.

2. Reverse R218 broken Letter Unrepaired or Repunched

Summary: BANK TOKEN ONE PENNY

Letter color code: Black = normal, Green = broken & unrepaired, Brown = broken with noteworthy repunching

Special Comments:

In BANK the N has been repunched. The new serif appears at the upper left, but the serifs on the top of the right leg were apparently broken on the letter punch because that portion of the original letter remains broken.

In BANK the K has been repunched so that both serifs at the top of the upright are low.

In UPPER the E is repunched in slightly lower relief in near perfect register, but the break points of the original E show at the upper left serif and ends of the upper arm.

3. Reverse R218 Die Clashes, Gouges, and Misc. Feature

None noted.