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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate I. 



A. Playing card money, twelve livres. 



B. Playing card money, 30 sols, quarter card. 



C. Ordonnance, 96 livres, the money of the boodlers of the Old Regime. 



Plate II. 



1. "Gloriam Regni" coinage, struck for Canada in 1670, 5 sol piece. 



2. Halfpenny token of the Copper Company of Upper Canada, dated 1794. 



The first coin relating to Canada struck under the British regime. 



3. "Vexator Canadensis" first issue. 



4. "Vexator Canadensis," second and lighter issue. These, although dated 1811, 



were probably not issued until about 1836. 



5. Undated Wellington token, issued about 1813. Struck over a Guppy token 



of 1811. 



6. Second and lighter issue of Wellington token, dated 1814. 



7. Third issue, dated Montreal, 1816. 



8. Token displaying the figure of Britannia on obverse, similar to the Wellington 



tokens with the eagle of the United States currency for reverse. 



9. Magdalen Island penny, issued by Sir Isaac Coffin, seigneur of the Islands. 



10. "Great Britain" halfpenny, anonymous, issued in Nova Scotia. 



Plate III. 



11. Genuine British Copper, anonymous for Nova Scotia. 



12. Genuine British Copper, anonymous for Nova Scotia. Different design. 



13. Halfpenny token, issued in commemoration of the bringing into Halifax 



harbour of the captured Chesapeake by Captain Broke of the British 

 man-of-war "Shannon." 



14. Halfpenny token issued by John Alexander Barry, Halifax. 



15. Halfpenny token, issued by W. A. & S. Black, Halifax. 



16. Halfpenny token, issued by J. Brown, Halifax. 



17. Halfpenny token, issued by Carritt & Alport, Halifax, with a view of the 



"Shannon." 



18. Halfpenny token, issued by Hosterman & Etter, Halifax, with a view of the 



Provincial building. 



19. Halfpenny token, issued by Starr & Shannon, Halifax. 



20. Halfpenny token, issued by Miles W. White, Halifax, hardware merchant. 



Plate IV. 



21. Farthing token of W. L. White, Halifax. 



22. Halfpenny token. Province of Nova Scotia, dated 1823, bearing head of George 



IV on obverse and thistle on the reverse. 



23. Penny token, similar to the last, but bearing head of George IV, although 



issued in 1832, the second year of the reign of William IV. 



24. Halfpenny token. Nova Scotia, displaying the mayflower, the Provincial 



emblem suggested by John S. Thompson. 



25. Proposed design of the new decimal coinage of Nova Scotia, suppressed 



because not displaying the mayflower. 



26. Accepted design of the cent of Nova Scotia, displaying on the reverse a 



wreath composed of roses and mayflowers combined. 



