Coin: copper cent

Museum number:
2-34596
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034596
Accession number:
Acc.892
Object count:
1
Description:
Victorian Canadian one cent piece, 1871, minted in Birmingham. Obverse: VICTORIA QUEEN date - Victoria bust facing left. Reverse: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND / ONE CENT - Image of two trees, smaller one to the left.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Production place:
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Culture or time period:
Canadian Historic
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1871
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: copper cent, accession number 2-34596, described as Victorian Canadian one cent piece, 1871, minted in Birmingham. Obverse: VICTORIA QUEEN date - Victoria bust facing left. Reverse: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND / ONE CENT - Image of two trees, smaller one to the left.

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