Coin: 1/2 penny

Museum number:
2-34853
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034853
Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Bank token, minted 1837. Two square holes drilled into token, surface appears to be partially melted. Obverse: PROVINCE DU BAS CANADA / UN SOU - man standing. Reverse: BANK TOKEN / date / HALF PENNY - Arms of the Bank of Montreal, inscription above, date and denomination below
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Culture or time period:
British Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1837
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: 1/2 penny, accession number 2-34853, described as Bank token, minted 1837. Two square holes drilled into token, surface appears to be partially melted. Obverse: PROVINCE DU BAS CANADA / UN SOU - man standing. Reverse: BANK TOKEN / date / HALF PENNY - Arms of the Bank of Montreal, inscription above, date and denomination below

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