FREE: 1917-C NEWFOUNDLAND (PRE-CANADA) LARGE CENT

The listing, 1917-C NEWFOUNDLAND (PRE-CANADA) LARGE CENT has ended.

Up for auction is this 1917-C Newfoundland Pre Canadian Large cent.

Caracteristics
Alloy : 95% copper, 4% tin and 1% zinc
Weight : 5.67 grams
Diameter : 25.4 mm
Mintage : 11,899.254

As Newfoundland did not join the Dominion of Canada until 1949, it had its own currency for many decades. It adopted its own decimal currency in 1863. Compared to other pre-Confederation British colonies, it had a wide selection of decimal coinage (including a twenty cent coin). The most important coin in Newfoundland was the Spanish American dollar (the 8-real piece), therefore, the Newfoundland government set its dollar equal in value to this coin. The new decimal cent was equal to the British halfpenny.

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