½ Penny - Victoria
Features
| Issuer | Nova Scotia (Canadian provinces)  |
|---|---|
| Queen | Victoria (1855-1901) |
| Type | Token |
| Year | 1856 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound (1812-1860) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 7.60 g |
| Diameter | 27.7 mm |
| Thickness | 1.7 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 935 |
| References | CCT# NS-5, KM# 5, Breton His# 876 |
Obverse
The portrait of the Queen Victoria.
Script: Latin
Lettering: VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D: 1856
Engraver: Leonard Charles Wyon 
Reverse
A bouquet of Mayflowers (nickname of this coin).
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
HALFPENNY TOKEN
Designer: John S. Thompson
Edge
Smooth
Mint
Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited, United Kingdom (1850-2003)Comments
Weight: 7.1 - 7.9g
Diameter: 27.7 - 27.8mm
NS-5A1 Bronze, medal alignment
NS-5A1a Bronze, coin alignment
NS-5A2 Brass, medal alignment
Note: 2 obverse varieties, one with and one without the designers initials (L.C.W.) below the queen's bust. It appears that the with L.C.W. was struck only as proofs.
Proofs of the no L.C.W. also exist.
A variety of the no L.C.W. was struck from a blundered die where an inverted "A" punch was used to repair a defective "V" in PROVINCE.
This was the first official (government-approved) coin of Nova Scotia. The reverse design, a sprig of mayflower, is now the provincial flower and is considered one of the most beautiful coins made for North America.
These coins were minted by the Heaton's Mint as the Royal Mint of London was overworked.
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