1 Penny Non-local/Trade and Navigation
Features
| Issuer |
Nova Scotia
(Canadian provinces)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Years | 1813-1814 |
| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
| Currency | Pound (1812-1860) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 19.5 g |
| Diameter | 33.6 mm |
| Thickness | 2.23 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 53302 |
| References | CCT# NS-20A 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
Commerce seated left, holding laurel sprig in right hand and a
winged caduceus in the left hand; a ship in the distance. 1813 in ex. The top half of the vertical binding cord on the bale closest to the dress of Commerce is obscured by her dress.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
TRADE & NAVIGATION
1813
Reverse
Lettering surrounding circle containing value.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PURE COPPER PREFERABLE TO PAPER .
ONE
PENNY
TOKEN
Edge
Engrailed
Comments
Weight: 18.8 - 20.3g
Diameter: 33.5 - 33.8mm
NS-20A1 Obverse: Bar ampersand, ship sailing on calm seas, laurel sprig with 6 leaves (2nd overlapping 1st, thick stem), large H
Reverse: Period centered, large letters
NS-20A2 Obverse: Bar ampersand, ship sailing on rough seas, laurel sprig with 6 leaves (long thick stem), drapery on right leg touches water, small H
Reverse: Period centered, large letters, "N" and "Y" of PENNY far apart
NS-20A3 Obverse: Bar ampersand, ship centered on calm seas, laurel sprig with 6 leaves (1st and 2nd leaves do not overlap, short stem), the exergual line is under large H
Reverse: Period is high (in line with tops of R and P), large letters, "N" and "Y" of PENNY close together
NS-20A4 Obverse: Ball ampersand, ship sailing off the edge, laurel sprig with 6 leaves (thin short stem), the exergual line does not run under the large H
Reverse: Period is slightly above center, small letters, "N" of TOKEN is large
All four varieties are found struck over the 1811 one penny tokens of Samuel Guppy, Bristol, England.
Variety A2 may be found with the 2nd leaf missing in the laurel sprig.
Pennies dated 1812 are reported to have been sold at auction. A specimen dated 1812 is listed in the catalogue of the sale of Courteau's collection in 1944. Nevertheless, no specimen has been seen recently.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1813 | NS-20A1 | 44% | |||||||||||||
| 1813 | NS-20A2 | 12% | |||||||||||||
| 1813 | NS-20A3 | 7% | |||||||||||||
| 1813 | NS-20A4 | 7% | |||||||||||||
| 1814 | 32% | ||||||||||||||
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