Nova Scotia 1840 1/2 penny token

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Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74405
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This specimen was lot 74405 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. Nova Scotia. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1840. Victoria. PCGS MS-62 Brown. Ex: Doug Robins Collection." This type was struck 1840 and 1843 and is fairly common in worn condition. A one penny token also exists. Varieties exist in the size of the "0" in the date. Decimal coinage was introduced in 1861 and used until confederation.

Recorded mintage: 300,000.

Specification: 8.6-8.8 g, copper, 28.0-28.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 3, NS-1E4; Br-874.

Sources:

  • Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 62nd Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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