½ Penny Fisheries and Agriculture
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Features
| Issuer |
Prince Edward Island
(Canadian provinces)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1858 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound (1790-1871) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 6.0 g |
| Diameter | 26.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 10587 |
| References | CCT# PE-8 Charlton Press (publisher). Canadian Colonial Tokens. Charlton Press (13 volumes). Pierre-Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada = Illustrated history of coins and tokens relating to Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montréal, Quebec, Canada. |
Obverse
Ship sailing left with lettering above and below
Script: Latin
Lettering:
HALFPENNY
TOKEN
Reverse
Lettering top, center, and bottom
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FISHERIES
AND
AGRICULTURE
Edge
Plain
Comments
Weight: 5.5 - 6.5g
Diameter: 26.4 - 26.6mm
PE-8A1 Thick flan
PE-8A2 Thin flan.
The last token of Prince Edward Island was issued about 1858. The heaviest of local tokens suggests that it represented another attempt by a merchant to circulate Cents. Probably issued by Duncan (see PE-6). It seems that after 1858 Prince Edward Island was amply supplied with copper for there were no more halfpenny issues. The official adoption of the decimal system in 1871 rendered these tokens obsolete.
Diameter: 26.4 - 26.6mm
PE-8A1 Thick flan
PE-8A2 Thin flan.
The last token of Prince Edward Island was issued about 1858. The heaviest of local tokens suggests that it represented another attempt by a merchant to circulate Cents. Probably issued by Duncan (see PE-6). It seems that after 1858 Prince Edward Island was amply supplied with copper for there were no more halfpenny issues. The official adoption of the decimal system in 1871 rendered these tokens obsolete.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1858) | $ 11 | PE-8A1 | 77% | ||||||||||||
| ND (1858) | PE-8A2 | 13% | |||||||||||||
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