½ Penny Starr and Shannon

Features

Issuer	Nova Scotia (Canadian provinces)
Type	Token
Year	1815
Value	½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency	Pound (1812-1860)
Composition	Copper
Weight	5.8 g
Diameter	27.9 mm
Thickness	1.4 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 76313
References	CCT# NS-11, Clément Chapados-Girard; 2019. Canadian Colonial Tokens (10th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Breton His# 884 Pierre Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montreal, Canada.

Obverse

A hunter with a bow, an arrow and a dog

Script: Latin

Lettering:
STARR & SHANNON HALIFAX
· 1815 ·

Engraver: John Sheriff

Reverse

A ship sailing right in the center

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HALFPENNY TOKEN
NOVA SCOTIA

Edge

Plain or Engrailed

Comments

Diameter: 27.7 - 28.1mm
Thin flan: Weight: 5.8 - 6.0g
 Thickness: 1.2mm
Thick flan: Weight: 7.2 - 7.8g
 Thickness: 1.6mm

NS-11A1 - Thin flan, plain edge, also found without arrow fletching
NS-11A2 - Thick flan, plain edge.
NS-11A3 - Thick flan, Engrailed edge, also found with arrow fletching

Starr & Shannon were in the hardware business.
Proofs exist.
Cast copies exist.

Other references :

► Courteau# : 339
► Willey# : 340

See also

• Dog or canid
• Boat or watercraft
• Cold weapons

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