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1/2 Penny Trade and Navigation
| Issuer | Nova Scotia |
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| Year | 1820 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Allegorical figure of Hibernia seated to the left, resting her left arm upon a large Irish harp, with a shamrock visible in the field at her feet. The figure is draped in classical robes and occupies the central field within a beaded border. The legend ONE HALFPENNY TOKEN arcs around the upper periphery, while the date 1820 appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | ONE HALFPENNY TOKEN 1820 |
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Nova Scotia's copper token issues of the early nineteenth century filled a chronic small-change vacuum that British colonial authorities repeatedly failed to address through official coinage. The 1820 half penny trade tokens circulated under private commercial sanction rather than Crown authority — a pragmatic arrangement tolerated by the colonial government because the alternative was no small denomination currency at all.
Breton 894 is among the better-documented Nova Scotia copper tokens, with multiple die marriages known across the broader Trade and Navigation series.