1 Cent Token from Nova Scotia | Yale University Art Gallery

1840

Medium: Copper
Dimensions: 17.27 g, 6:00, 34.31 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.37330
Geography: Made in Birmingham, England, Related place Nova Scotia, Canada
Culture: Canadian
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA, Queen Victoria bust facing left

Reverse Description: ONE PENNY TOKEN 1840, thistle in center of coin

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

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