Half Penny Token from New Brunswick
Unknown Canadian, Canadian
1843
Copper
Overall: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Daniel S. Ruevsky, Class of 1887
95.3.30485
Geography
Place Made: Canada, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Money
Research Area
Numismatics: World Currency
Not on view
Inscriptions
obv: [Head of Victoria, facing left] inscribed, around edge: VICTORIA DEI G[RAT]IA REGINA / 1843| rev: NEW [BRU]NSWICK / [sailing ship] / 1856 [engraved] / .HALF PENNY TOKEN.
Provenance
Daniel Stoyanoff Ruevsky (1855-1925, Class of 1887); given to present collection, 1895.
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