½ Penny Imitation Nova Scotia - Warehouse / Script Initials

Features

Issuer Canadian provinces (Canada)
Type Token
Year 1835
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound
Composition Copper
Weight 4.1 g
Diameter 28.5 mm
Shape Round
Orientation 3 o'clock ↑→
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
144820
References CCT# BL-31
Clément Chapados-Girard; 2019. Canadian Colonial Tokens (10th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Series: Blacksmith tokens

Obverse

Warehouse building.

Lettering: HALF PENNY

Reverse

Script letters "JB".

Edge

Plain.

Comments

Weight: 4.1 - 4.2g
Align. : 90 °, ↑→

John Brown, and possibly others, had access to an anonymous manufacturer and issued halfpenny tokens of crude fabric on thin flans.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1835) 

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