½ Penny - Sailing Ship design

Features

Issuer Newfoundland (Canadian provinces)
Queen Victoria (1855-1901)
Type Token
Year 1858
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound
Composition Copper
Weight 5.5 g
Diameter 25.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
97921
References CCT# NF-3A,
Clément Chapados-Girard; 2019. Canadian Colonial Tokens (10th edition). Charlton Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Breton His# 954
Pierre Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montreal, Canada.

Obverse

Ship sailing right.

Engraver: Ralph Heaton

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1858

Engraver: Ralph Heaton

Edge

Plain

Mint

Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)

Comments

Weight: 4.6 - 6.4g
Diameter: 25.4 - 25.6mm

NF-3A1 Open "5"
NF-3A2 Closed "5"

Issued anonymously at St. John's in 1858, this token was struck by Ralph Heaton using Halliday's Ships Colonies and Commerce obverse design.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1858  NF-3A1
1858  NF-3A2

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