Token of the Magdalen Island, 1815 Diesinker: Sir Edward Thomason
Artist: Thomas Halliday (British, 1780–1854)
Maker: Sir Isaac Coffin
Mint: Birmingham Mint (England)

1815

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

17.50 g, 12:00, 33.20 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Reverend William H. Owen, B.A. 1897

Accession Number

2001.87.38855

Geography

Made in Birmingham, England

Culture

Canadian

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: MAGDALEN ISLAND TOKEN 1815, seal on rock in center r.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: SUCCESS TO THE FISHERY, ONE PENNY, fish fillet in center
Provenance
Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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tokens

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