½ Penny Ships colonies and commerce - Bar ampersand

½ Penny (Ships colonies and commerce - Bar ampersand) - obverse½ Penny (Ships colonies and commerce - Bar ampersand) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Prince Edward Island (Canadian provinces)
Type Token
Year 1835
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound (1790-1871)
Composition Copper
Weight 4.7 g
Diameter 25.9 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
82399
References CCT# PE-10,
Clément Chapados-Girard; 2019. Canadian Colonial Tokens (10th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Breton His# 997
Pierre Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montreal, Canada.

Obverse

Ship sailing right

Reverse

4 - line inscription

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SHIPS
COLONIES
&
COMMERCE

Edge

Plain

Comments

PE10-1 - U.S. Flag, W & B N.Y under waves
PE10-2 - U.S. Flag, No mintmark.
PE10-3 - British flag drooping (also listed as BL24A)
PE10-4 - British flag drooping (also listed as BL24B)
PE10-5 - British flag drooping (also listed as BL26)
PE10-5A - British flag (also listed as BL-24C)
PE10-5B - British flag, long ship.
PE10-6 - no mintmark, Choppy even waves, straight flag, CE of commerce joined, N of colonies has a long left leg.
PE10-7 - long running even waves, up curved flag close to ball, CE of commerce joined.
PE10-8 - short choppy uneven waves, hump backed flag.
PE10-9 - Long running uneven waves, curved flag.
PE10-14 - First E in commerce cut off above horizontal centre stroke.
PE10-15 - all E's cut off.
PE10-16 - Top of first S in ships double cut.
PE10-17 - All E's cut off.
PE10-18 - curved British flag, two guys do not meet, all E's cut off above horizontal centre stroke.
PE10-19 - curved British flag, two guys do not meet, first E of commerce cut off above centre stroke, spike above ampersand.
PE10-20 - curved British flag, two guys do not meet, First E cut off above centre-stroke.
PE10-21 - curved British flag, two guys do not meet, all E's are perfect.
PE10-22 - curved British flag, two guys do not meet, all E's perfect.
PE10-23 - All "E's" nicked, border beads not uniform
PE10-25 - Single H mintmark, straight British fla.
PE10-34 - Double H mintmark, no line to unfurled sprit sail, I of ships over O of colonies.
PE10-35- Double H mintmark, no line to unfurled sprit sail, spike at top of ampersand, double cut I of colonies.
PE10-40 - Double H mintmark, line to unfurled sprit sail.
The drooping British flag blacksmith token:

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1835)  35% PE10-1
ND (1835)  0% PE10-14
ND (1835)  0% PE10-15
ND (1835)  0% PE10-16
ND (1835)  0% PE10-17
ND (1835)  3% PE10-18
ND (1835)  0% PE10-19
ND (1835)  17% PE10-2
ND (1835)  0% PE10-20
ND (1835)  0% PE10-21
ND (1835)  3% PE10-22
ND (1835)  1.7% PE10-23
ND (1835)  0% PE10-24
ND (1835)  3% PE10-25
ND (1835)  7% PE10-3
ND (1835)  5% PE10-35
ND (1835)  0% PE10-4
ND (1835)  7% PE10-40
ND (1835)  3% PE10-5
ND (1835)  3% PE10-5A
ND (1835)  1.7% PE10-5B
ND (1835)  7% PE10-6
ND (1835)  15% PE10-7
ND (1835)  12% PE10-8
ND (1835)  15% PE10-9

Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this coin. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%.

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