½ Penny - Responsible Government and Free Trade
Features
| Issuer |
Newfoundland
(Canadian provinces)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1860 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 5.3 g |
| Diameter | 26.1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 97922 |
| References | CCT# NF-4 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
Date surrounded by lettering.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FISHING RIGHTS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND .
1860
Reverse
"Responsible Government" surrounding "and Free Trade".
Script: Latin
Lettering:
RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT
AND FREE TRADE
Edge
Plain
Mint
Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)Comments
Weight: 4.8 - 5.8g
Diameter: 26.0 - 26.2mm
NF-4A1 Thick flans
NF-4A2 Thin flans
Issued to commemorate the signing of a treaty by the major fishing nations.
Diameter: 26.0 - 26.2mm
NF-4A1 Thick flans
NF-4A2 Thin flans
Issued to commemorate the signing of a treaty by the major fishing nations.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1860 | NF-4A1 | 67% | |||||||||||||
| 1860 | NF-4A2 | 67% | |||||||||||||
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