½ Penny - Hosterman and Etter

½ Penny - (Hosterman and Etter) - obverse½ Penny - (Hosterman and Etter) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Nova Scotia (Canadian provinces)
Type Token
Year 1815
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound (1812-1860)
Composition Copper
Weight 6.1 g
Diameter 25.9 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
61542
References CCT# NS-10B,
Clément Chapados-Girard; 2019. Canadian Colonial Tokens (10th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Breton His# 883
Pierre Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montreal, Canada.

Obverse

Draped and laureate bust right surrounded by lettering, date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HALFPENNY TOKEN
1815

Engraver: Thomas Halliday

Reverse

Merchants exchange Building - Halifax, Nova Scotia in the centre surrounded by lettering.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PAYABLE BY HOSTERMAN & ETTER
• HALIFAX •

Engraver: Thomas Halliday

Edge

Smooth

Comments

Two varieties of this coin exist:
→ NS-10B1 - Building with sashed Windows
→ NS-10B2 - Building without sashed Windows (The second being more scarce.)

Hosterman & Etter were jewelers in Halifax. The workmanship is somewhat inferior, suggesting the work was done by an apprentice.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1815  95% NS-10B1
1815  5% NS-10B2

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