- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Circular copper one penny token. [MJD 08/04/2010]
- Long description
- Circular copper one penny token. The coin has an image of a figure on a horse trampling a creature (George and the dragon?). The reverse of the coin has an insignia in the centre; a sword crossed with an anchor below a crown. At the bottom are two horns of plenty. The coin is partly perforated. Issued by the Bank of Upper Canada. [MJD 08/04/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1850
- Date collected
- By 1946
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1946
- Materials and processes
- Material Copper Metal, Process Struck
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 33 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1946.8.125
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