1 Penny - Victoria

Nova Scotia's 1843 penny was struck in Birmingham by Boulton and Watt's successors, part of a broader British colonial practice of contracting private mints for provincial coinage when the Royal Mint had little interest in supplying copper to distant territories. The province had been issuing its own copper since 1824, operating largely outside the monetary chaos that plagued the Canadas to the west.

The Breton 873 attribution places this firmly within the established colonial series, but the CCT NS-2D designation flags specific die characteristics that distinguish it from related issues. Collectors should note that striking quality varies considerably across the 1843 date.