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2 Dollars - Victoria Electrotype Pattern; Block Lettering
| Issuer | Newfoundland (Canadian provinces) |
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| Year | 1865 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars (2 NFD) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Newfoundland's 1865 gold coinage program required British approval before any pieces entered circulation, and the electrotype patterns produced that year were working tools of that approval process — struck or fabricated to demonstrate proposed designs to colonial and imperial authorities rather than for any commercial purpose. The block lettering variety of this two-dollar pattern represents an early typographic choice that was subsequently abandoned before the regular issue was authorized.
Only a handful of these electrotypes are documented. The KM#Pn1 designation places it at the very opening of Newfoundland's pattern series.