1 Farthing - Peter McAuslane
Features
| Issuer |
Newfoundland
(Canadian provinces)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1844 |
| Value | 1 Farthing (1⁄960) |
| Currency | Pound |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 2.1 g |
| Diameter | 19.9 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 97919 |
| References | CCT# NF-2 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
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SELLS
ALL SORTS
OF SHOP &
STORE GOODS
Reverse
Vine with flower surrounded by lettering.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PETER
McAUSLANE
St. JOHN S
NEWFOUNDLAND
Edge
Plain
Comments
Weight: 2.1 - 2.2g
Diameter: 19.2 - 20.6mm
One hundred of these pieces were struck which were thought to be intended as Farthings due to the size. Most were probably lost in the fire of 1846 that destroyed the establishment on Water Street.
Diameter: 19.2 - 20.6mm
One hundred of these pieces were struck which were thought to be intended as Farthings due to the size. Most were probably lost in the fire of 1846 that destroyed the establishment on Water Street.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1844 | |||||||||||||||
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