Habitant Penny Token from City Bank Mint: Boulton and Watt (British, 1775–1896)

Medium

Copper

Dimensions

18.58 g, 12:00, 33.80 mm

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2001.87.38352

Culture
Period

19th century

Classification
Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: PROVINCE DU BAS CANADA, DEUX SOUS, in center standing figure(French farmer)

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: BANK TOKEN, ONE PENNY, 1837. Coat of arms center: Concordia Salus. with issuing bank name on ribbon ends below.
Provenance

Provenance

Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

tokens

Technical metadata and APIs

IIIF

Open in Mirador

View IIIF manifest

The International Image Interoperability Framework, or IIIF, is an open standard for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. Visit iiif.io to learn more

Linked Art

API response for this object

Linked Art is a Community working together to create a shared Model based on Linked Open Data to describe Art.