Token of Habitant from Lower Canada | Yale University Art Gallery

1837

Medium: Copper
Dimensions: 9.11 g, 12:00, 28.13 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.36180
Geography: Made in Birmingham, England
Culture: Canadian
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: PROVINCE DU BAS CANADA UN SOU borders coin, with figure of a standing habitant (french farmer) in center

Reverse Description: BANK TOKEN HALF PENNY 1837 surrounds the arms of the city of Montreal

Provenance

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

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