1 Penny - Victoria
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Features
| Issuer |
Nova Scotia
(Canadian provinces)  |
|---|---|
| Queen |
Victoria (1855-1901)
|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins |
| Year | 1856 |
| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
| Currency | Pound (1812-1860) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 15.1 g |
| Diameter | 33.3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 22498 |
| References | CCT# NS-6 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. Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
Portrait of Queen Victoria, facing left, encircled by legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR:REG:F:D:
LCW
1856
Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon
Reverse
Mayflower plant. Legend around.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
ONE PENNY TOKEN
Designer: John S. Thompson
Edge
Plain.
Mint
Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)Comments
NS-6A1 - With L.C.W below bust
NS-6A2 - Without initials below bust
Proofs of NS-6A1 exist.
NOTE: Cast Copies exist in Brass and Copper.
This was the first official (government-approved) coin of Nova Scotia. The reverse design, a sprig of mayflower, is now the provincial flower and is considered one of the most beautiful coins made for North America.
These coins were minted by the Heaton's Mint as the Royal Mint of London was overworked.
NS-6A2 - Without initials below bust
Proofs of NS-6A1 exist.
NOTE: Cast Copies exist in Brass and Copper.
This was the first official (government-approved) coin of Nova Scotia. The reverse design, a sprig of mayflower, is now the provincial flower and is considered one of the most beautiful coins made for North America.
These coins were minted by the Heaton's Mint as the Royal Mint of London was overworked.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1856 | 360 000 | $ 10 | $ 25 | NS-6A1 | 64% | ||||||||||
| 1856 | $ 7.30 | $ 13 | NS-6A2 | 38% | |||||||||||
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