Canada, British Colonial. Victoria CU Penny Token. Heaton (Birmingham) mint, 1856. VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:, diademed head to left, date below / Flowering branch of Mayflower, PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA above, denomination below. KM 6. 14.74g, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of the late Eduard Winkler.
The first government-approved coin of Nova Scotia and displaying on the reverse a flowering branch of the mayflower, which since 1901 has been the floral emblem of the province, this type is considered one of the most beautiful coins made for North America.