½ Penny - Halifax
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Features
| Issuer |
Nova Scotia
(Canadian provinces)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1815 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound (1812-1860) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 6.3 g |
| Diameter | 26 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 74971 |
| References | CCT# NS-27 Charlton Press (publisher). Canadian Colonial Tokens. Charlton Press (13 volumes). Pierre-Napoléon Breton; 1894. Histoire illustrée des monnaies et jetons du Canada = Illustrated history of coins and tokens relating to Canada. P.N. Breton & Co., Montréal, Quebec, Canada. |
Obverse
Bust facing right with value above and date below.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
HALFPENNY TOKEN
1815
Engraver: Thomas Halliday
Reverse
Ship sailing right with lettering below.
Script: Latin
Lettering: HALIFAX
Engraver: Thomas Halliday
Edge
Reeded
Comments
Weight: 6.2 - 6.5 g
Diameter: 25.9 - 26.0 mm
3 varieties exist:
→ NS-27A1 - No hair between 2 upper leaves, Medal orientation.
→ NS-27A2 - No hair between 2 upper leaves, Coin orientation.
→ NS-27A3 - Hair Between upper leaves, Medal orientation.
Diameter: 25.9 - 26.0 mm
3 varieties exist:
→ NS-27A1 - No hair between 2 upper leaves, Medal orientation.
→ NS-27A2 - No hair between 2 upper leaves, Coin orientation.
→ NS-27A3 - Hair Between upper leaves, Medal orientation.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1815 | NS-27A1 | 50% | |||||||||||||
| 1815 | NS-27A2 | 22% | |||||||||||||
| 1815 | NS-27A3 | 33% | |||||||||||||
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