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Country: Tasmania (Australia States)
Period: Rules of Great Britain
Queen Victoria (1819-1837-1901)
Type: Merchant tokens
Years: 1855
Value: ½ Penny (1/480)
Currency: Trade Tokens / Pound sterling (1788-1900)
Composition: Copper
Grade: VF (Holed)
Weight: 5.9 g
Diameter: 28 mm
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
References: KM# Tn140, Andrews# 310, R# 310, Gray# 152
Obverse:
Gatehouse, legend at the top and below.
Lettering:
NEW TOWN TOLL GATE
R.JOSEPHS
Reverse:
Seated Justice Left with a scale in his right hand and a cornucopia in the other, surrounded by legend. A ship at her feet to the left and the date in exergue.
Lettering:
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
1855
Edge:
Plain.
Mint:
Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003).
Reference : Andrews# 310, R# 310, Gray# 152, KM# Tn140
Source : https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/worl...
Collection : English, Scottish & Irish, Conder Tokens, Commonwealth & Colonial Tokens