Token - 1/2 Penny, Hosterman & Etter, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1815
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1815
1/2 Penny, Issued by, Hosterman & Etter, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1815 Minted by Thomas Halliday, Birmingham Province House is depicted on the reverse of this token. This building commenced operation on 11 February 1819. The token, is dated 1815 but depicts four columns above the central door which do not occur on the building itself. The columns may have been part of the original plan for the building. Priovince House originally housed the Legislative Council (an upper council appointed by the Governor), the House of Assembly (currently representing 52 electoral districts) and the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. The Legislative Council was discontinued in 1928.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Edge
- Plain
- Shape
- Round
- Material
- Copper
- Dimensions
- 26 mm (Outside Diameter), 6.204 g (Weight)
Technical characteristics
- Die axis
- 06
- Date issued
- 1815 AD
- Denomination
- 1/2 Penny
- Issuer recorded
- Hosterman & Etter (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Design
- Obverse
- Laureate and draped bust of George III facing right; around, HALFPENNY TOKEN 1815
- Reverse
- Province House (the Nova Scotia House of Assembly); around, PAYABLE BY HOSTERMAN & ETTER HALIFAX
Identification
- Candidate id
- mv-73891
- Museum object number
- NU 7574
- Catalogue references (museum record)
- H&W 64
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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