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This has the same obverse as the Carritt & Alport coin. 



4. Ohv. KovA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK SUCCESS A ship Under sail to the right. 



Rev. HALFPENNY TOKEN A female figure to the left, seated on a bale of goods, with a pair of scales in her 

 extended right hand and a cornucopia in her left. A ship in the distance. Copper. Size 28 m . 



5. Oba. HALFPENNY TOKEN NOvAScOTiA A ship Under full sail to the right. 



Rev. • coMMEECiAL CHANGE • 1815 An Indian wlth a bow and arrow ; a dog by his slde. Copper. Size 28 m. 



6. Ohv. HALF PENNY Gable front of a warehouse. 

 Rev- J B in script. Copper. Size 28 m. 



7. Obv. Same as last. 



Rev. A crowned harp within a wreath. Copper. Size 28 m. 



These two coins are rude in workmanship and indistinctly struck. The building resembles that on the Black 

 coins Nos. 18 and 19. 



8. Ohv. HALFPENNY TOKEN 1815 Bust of George III to the right. 



Rev. GENUINE BEiTisH COPPER Britannia seated to the left as in No. 1. Copper. Size 2G m. 

 There are three varieties of this coin dififering slightly in detail. 



9. Obv. HALFPENNY TOKEN 1815 Bust of George III to the right. 



Rev. SUCCESS to navigation & trade a ship under full sail to the right. Copper. Size 27 m. 

 There are two varieties of this coin differing in the details of the bust. 



10. Ohv. GREAT BRITAIN Bust of George III to the right. 



Rev. COMMERCE 181-1 Britannia to tlie left seated with a sprig in her extended right hand and a palm branch 

 in her left. Copper. Size 28 m. 



There are two varieties of this coin. The palm branch probably refers to the victories gained during the war 

 of 1812. 



11. Ohv. TRADE & NAVIGATION 1813 Female, to the left, seated on a bale of goods with a sprig in her extended 

 right hand and a caduceus in her left. 



Rev. PURE COPPER PREFERABLE TO PAPER. Within an inner circle one | fartii | ing. Copper. Size 22 m. 



This coin is said to have been imported by a small-wares merchant named Haliburton who did business in 

 Halifax. He afterwards failed and left the province. 



There were many other coins, especially " Wellington tokens," imported into Nova Scotia, but it is impossible 

 to separate them from those imported into the other provinces. 



B. 



Coins Bearing the Names of Nova Scotia Merchants.^ 



12. 06)'. • HALF PENNY TOKEN • 1814 Bust of George III to the right. 



Rev. PAYABLE p.Y CARRITT A ALPORT HALIFAX A ship Under Sail to the right. Copper. Size 29 m. 



13. Ohv. ■ HALFPENNY TOKEN • 1814 Bust of George III to the right withln an inner Circle. 



Rev. • PAYABLE BY HOSTERMAN & ETTER • HALIFAX A front view of the Government House, Halifax. Copper. 

 Size 28 m. 



14. Ohv. HALFPENNY TOKEN 1815 Bust of George HI to the right. 



Rev. • PAYABLE BY HosTBKMAN A ETTBE • HALIFAX A front view of the Government House, Halifax. Copper. 

 Size 26 m. 



There are two varieties of this coin, in one of which some of the windows are not sashed. These are much 

 lighter than the last described, showing that those imported in 1815 were for profit. 



15. Ohv. ■ STAKR <Si SHANNON HALIFAX • 1815 Indian with bow and arrow ; a dog by his side. 

 Rev. HALFPENNY TOKEN NOVASCOTIA A ship Under full sail to the right. Copper. Size 28 m. 

 Two varieties differing in the barbs of the arrow. 



16. Ohv. HALFPENNY TOKEN 1815 Within an inner circle a keg having its head inscribed spikes | nails 

 with AC on the side. 



Rev. IMPORTER OF IRONMONGERY HARDWARE AC. Within an inner circle, payable | by | miles w. | white | 



haufax I N s Copper. Size 28 m. 



Hardware firms seem to have done the larger part of this business of supplying the country with copper 

 cliaûge. 



