1974.27.270: Half Penny Bank Token
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1974.27.270
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Half Penny Bank Token
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 1837
- Culture
- Canadian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/184030
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
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2.8 cm diam. x 0.2 cm depth (1 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
9.17 g - Denomination
- half-penny
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: obverse: PROVINCE DU BAS CANADA UN SOU
- inscription: reverse: [upper perimeter:] BANK TOKEN; [lower perimeter:] 1837 / HALF PENNY
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Arthur W. Arundel, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1974.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, A Gift to the Museum from Arthur W. Arundel through the Harvard Fund Council, Class of 1951
- Accession Year
- 1974
- Object Number
- 1974.27.270
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obverse: Standing figure; reverse: coat of arms of city of Montreal (oval with cross) with motto "CONCORDIA SALUS." Ribbon below stamped: QUEBEC BANK (issuer).
Verification Level
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