{"title":"Newfoundland","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe earliest private tokens in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNewfoundland and Labrador\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edate from the 1840s and include the issues of Peter McAusland and the Rutherford Brothers, who operated stores in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSt. John’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHarbour Grace. In later years, large numbers of SHIPS COLONIES \u0026amp; COMMERCE tokens were imported from Prince Edward Island. Following several attempts by the local government to ban the importation of tokens in the 1850s, additional local issues were circulated. These issues were anonymous and included a piece dated 1858 picturing a ship, and another dated 1860 that reads “SUCCESS TO THE FISHERIES.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the adoption of the decimal system in 1863, the value of private tokens was reduced and a decimal coinage was instituted. The coinage consisted of bronze cents, silver 5-, 10-, 20- and 50-cent pieces and gold $2 coins. The lowest denominations were issued variously between 1865 and 1947. The 20-cent pieces were issued from 1865 to 1912. In 1917, and again in 1919, a 25-cent piece was issued. The 50 cent coins were issued variously between 1865 and 1919. The $2 pieces were issued from 1865 to 1888. Coins were struck at the Royal Mint in London, and on occasion at the Heaton Mint. The\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMint in Ottawa\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estruck coinage for Newfoundland and Labrador during the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFirst World War\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSecond World War\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand again in those years immediately preceding\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNewfoundland and Labrador’s entry into Confederation\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1949.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/6584\/0346\/collections\/66e211a8ead2a3.41842339-original.jpg?v=1736281382","url":"https:\/\/www.calgarycoin.com\/collections\/newfoundland.oembed","provider":"Calgary Coin Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}