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1 Penny - Victoria
| Issuer | New Brunswick |
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| Year | 1843 |
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| Currency | Pound (1852-1860) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A fully-rigged Royal Navy sailing vessel, identified as H.M.S. New Brunswick, depicted under sail and advancing to the left on a stylized sea, with detailed rendering of the hull, masts, yards, rigging, and a flag flying from the stern. The ship occupies the majority of the central field, conveying nautical and colonial prestige. The upper legend NEW BRUNSWICK arcs along the periphery, while ONE PENNY TOKEN is inscribed along the lower arc, all separated by pellets. A toothed inner border and raised outer rim frame the composition. |
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New Brunswick's 1843 penny was struck in London by Boulton and Watt's successors at the Soho Mint, one of several colonial issues produced for British North American provinces that year. The province had no minting infrastructure of its own, and currency shortages were chronic enough that locally issued copper was genuinely necessary for daily commerce rather than ceremonial.
The Breton 909 attribution places it firmly within the documented Canadian colonial series, though die-quality variation between specimens is well established among collectors of this type.