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1/2 Stampee François Duclos
| Issuer | Trinidad |
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| Year | 1854-1874 |
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| Weight | 5.7 g |
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| Obverse description | Host coin obverse featuring the diademed and draped bust of Queen Victoria facing left, rendered in the style of Leonard Charles Wyon. The peripheral legend reads VICTORIA D:G: BRITT:REG:F:D: in raised Latin characters, separated by colons. A toothed border runs along the inner rim. The portrait exhibits fine hair detail and a laureate diadem, characteristic of the Victorian bun-head coinage type issued from 1860 onward. |
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| Reverse description | Host coin reverse depicting Britannia seated to the right upon rocks, helmeted and draped, holding a trident in her right hand and resting her left hand upon a shield bearing the Union flag. The denomination legend HALF PENNY is split across the field to either side of the figure, with the date 1872 displayed in the exergue. A François Duclos counterstamp, applied by authority in Trinidad, appears prominently on the central field, partially obscuring the Britannia design. A toothed border frames the entire composition. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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