1/2 Penny Currency - Victoria

New Brunswick's copper currency pieces of 1854 were struck at the Royal Mint in London under provincial authorization — the colony had no mint of its own and relied entirely on contracted British production for its circulating coinage. The "Currency" designation in the series name distinguishes these issues from contemporaneous "Halfpenny Token" pieces, a legal distinction that mattered locally even if the coins circulated interchangeably in practice.

Breton 912 is among the better-documented New Brunswick types, though die alignment and edge treatment variations exist within the issue. New Brunswick ceased issuing its own coinage after Confederation in 1867, making the provincial series short-lived by any measure.