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Province of Nova Scotia (struck in England), brass half penny "mayflower" token, Victoria, 1856, rar

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Province of Nova Scotia (struck in England), brass half penny  mayflower  token, Victoria, 1856, rar
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Province of Nova Scotia (struck in England), brass half penny "mayflower" token, Victoria, 1856, rare, made into a pin with reverse enameled in blue, white, green and red, ex-Oppenheim, ex-Baker. Breton-876; Courteau-316; NS-5A2. 6.67 grams. Beautiful and perfectly preserved enameling (contemporaneously done), the obverse light brass in color and with graffiti and other marks in addition to the pin-posts, somewhat rare in brass. This pretty "mayflower" design was struck by the Heaton Mint in Birmingham under proper authorization. Pedigreed to the Warren Baker Collection of Canadian coins and tokens, and to the Michael Oppenheim Collection (9/2019).