Nova Scotia 1824 penny token

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from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 2941
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This specimen was lot 2941 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "NOVA SCOTIA: Province, AE penny token, 1824, three thick locks at top, E in PROVINCE is defective, coin alignment, EF, R-5 (Courteau), ex Donald G. Partrick Collection (with envelope), ex J. Stewart (with tag). This piece is superior to the Courteau plate coin." This token was issued again in 1832, which date is slightly more common. The province struck tokens until 1856 and coinage during 1861-64.

Recorded mintage: 217,776.

Specification: copper, this specimen 17.42 g.

Catalog reference: KM-2, Charlton-NS-2A3, Breton-868, Courteau-262.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 62nd Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

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