Catalog
1 Stiver
| Issuer | British Guiana |
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| Year | 1838 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A laureate male bust, facing left and draped at the shoulder, is centrally positioned in the field, rendered in a classical style consistent with early nineteenth-century token coinage. The circular legend PURE COPPER PREFERABLE TO PAPER · runs along the full periphery of the coin, a well-known anti-paper-currency motto associated with Canadian and colonial copper token issues of the period. The design is contained within a beaded border that follows the coin's circumference. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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