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Province of Lower Canada

British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River, established in 1791 and abolished in 1841.

Kind: colony
Region: North America, North America
Recorded period: 1791 – 1841

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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½ penny from Lower Canada, 1830

1830

Bronze private coin. Obverse: at the top, country designation: Canada with year at bottom. Reverse: value designation in two lines. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5145; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diamete…

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