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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 54061, member: 669&quot;]Isn&#039;t it amazing what we learn in the course of gathering tiny bits of metal?</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems the crimson pitcher plant, known in French as &quot;sarracenie pourpre&quot;, was chosen by Queen Victoria to be on the Newfoundland penny, and it was later adopted as the official flower of the Province of Newfoundland a few years after Canadian unification.&nbsp; Read more about it <a href="http://www.borealie.org/page.php/en/1/53.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.borealie.org/page.php/en/1/53.html" rel="nofollow">by clicking here.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, your &quot;coin&quot; is a medallion reflecting some Newfoundland history, with little or no numismatic value, but possibly worth something to a collector of Newfoundlandania, if you can figure out how to find one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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