View source for Nova Scotia 1840 1/2 penny token

[[Image:SB525-74405o.jpg|300px|thumb|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<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "CANADA. [[Canada, Nova Scotia|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. 

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.

''Link to:''
* [[Nova Scotia 1820 1/2 penny token]], "TRADE AND NAVIGATION"
* [[Nova Scotia 1840 penny token]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1840]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]]