Coin: penny

Museum number:
2-34858
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034858
Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Bank token, 1857. Obverse: BANK OF UPPER CANADA date - man with cape on horse, trodding on a dragon. Reverse: BANK TOKEN / ONE PENNY - coat of arms showing a pair of crossed horns of plenty, a gavel, sword, and anchor topped with crown.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
Canada
Culture or time period:
British Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money) and Dragons
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1857
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: penny, accession number 2-34858, described as Bank token, 1857. Obverse: BANK OF UPPER CANADA date - man with cape on horse, trodding on a dragon. Reverse: BANK TOKEN / ONE PENNY - coat of arms showing a pair of crossed horns of plenty, a gavel, sword, and anchor topped with crown.

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