Token
- Object Name:
- Token
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.195
- Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- circa 1835
- Description:
- Token, copper. Obverse depicts three-masted sailing ship flying an American flag. Reverse bears the words, "SHIPS / COLONIES / & / COMMERCE".
- Material:
- Metal
Copper - Dimensions:
- Dia-1 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
Token of the type used in Canada (mainly Prince Edward Island) as a substitute for a halfpenny. Those depicting a ship flying the American flag were made in the U.S. Those with the Union Jack were made in England for circulation in Canada. The inscription refers to Napoleon's statement in 1811 that ships, colonies, and commerce were the three British advantages that would defeat him in the end. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- People:
- Bonaparte, Napoleon (1769-1821)
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