1839 British Guiana 1 Stiver Copper Britannia NGC AU 55 Rare

1839 British Guiana 1 Stiver Copper Britannia 

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Graded as AU 55

Certification Number: 4823611-004

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Country: British Guiana (British colony, part of the British West Indies, which resided on the northern coast of South America, now known as the independent nation of Guyana since 1966)

Date: 1838 

Composition: Cooper

Significance: The reference to the tokens being of pure copper and preferable to paper is to local government paper money, which the government would not recall and had therefore little or no value.

Weight: 14 g.

Diameter: 33 mm

Thickness: 2 mm

Engraver: Mr. Balgarnie, Dry Goods Merchant, Water Street, Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), 1838. 

Mint not recorded.

Catalog References: KM# Tn1, Prid.60 (Pridmore, Fred. 1965 The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations, Part 3, West Indies)

Obverse: Britannia seated on a bale facing left holding caduceus in her left hand and extending a palm branch in her right hand. A three-masted sailing ship on horizon at left. Lettering around, date in exergue

Obverse Lettering: TRADE & NAVIGATION 1838

Reverse Lettering: PURE COPPER PREFERABLE TO PAPER· ONE STIVER