fwo_959237 - PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 1 Cent Victoria 1871
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Type : 1 Cent Victoria
Date: 1871
Quantity minted : 2000000
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,4 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,80 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTORIA QUEEN / * 1871 *.
Obverse description : portrait au diadème à gauche de la reine Victoria.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND / ONE CENT.
Reverse description : Grand chêne et trois petites chênes et devise PARVA SUB INGENTI.
Reverse translation : (Le petit sous la protection du grand).
Historical background
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
(1798-1873)
Following the loss of Fort Beauséjour by the French in 1755, the English annexed Île Saint-Jean in 1758. In 1798, "St. John's Island" was renamed Prince Edward Island in honor of the fourth son of King George III. . On July 1, 1873, Prince Edward Island entered the Canadian Confederation..
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