Coin: copper alloy cent

Museum number:
2-34117
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.908
Description:
Canadian one cent piece, 1859, minted in Birmingham. Obverse: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA REGINA / CANADA - head facing left. Reverse: ONE CENT (date) - value within circular vine. 4.55 grms.
Donor:
Mary W. Knight
Collection place:
Canada
Production place:
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Culture or time period:
British Historic
Collector:
H. M. Holbrook
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1859
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper alloy cent, accession number 2-34117, described as Canadian one cent piece, 1859, minted in Birmingham. Obverse: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA REGINA / CANADA - head facing left. Reverse: ONE CENT (date) - value within circular vine. 4.55 grms.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper alloy cent, accession number 2-34117, described as Canadian one cent piece, 1859, minted in Birmingham. Obverse: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA REGINA / CANADA - head facing left. Reverse: ONE CENT (date) - value within circular vine. 4.55 grms.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper alloy cent, accession number 2-34117, described as Canadian one cent piece, 1859, minted in Birmingham. Obverse: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA REGINA / CANADA - head facing left. Reverse: ONE CENT (date) - value within circular vine. 4.55 grms.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper alloy cent, accession number 2-34117, described as Canadian one cent piece, 1859, minted in Birmingham. Obverse: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA REGINA / CANADA - head facing left. Reverse: ONE CENT (date) - value within circular vine. 4.55 grms.

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