Country: Australia - Colonial Great Britain
Type: Token
Years: 1857 (1857-1861)
Value: 1 Penny (1/240)
Currency: Trade Tokens
Composition: Copper
Grade: VF (Damage)
Diameter: 34 mm
Weight: 14.3 grams
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized: Yes
References: KM# Tn133
Obverse:
Lettering:
PEACE & PLENTY
ADVANCE AUSTRALIA
1857
Reverse:
Lettering:
ROBERT HYDE & Co
MELBOURNE
GENERAL MARINE STORE
SHIPPERS OF RAGS GLASS METALS &·C.
Copper Halfpenny Token, minted by Heaton & Sons of Birmingham, circa 1857. Issued by Robert Hyde & Co, Marine Store, Melbourne. Hyde's Marine Store was listed in a Melbourne directory for the first time in 1862. Between 1863 and 1865 he was listed as being in a partnership with Richard Hodgson (Hyde, Hodgson & Co.). In 1868 his Marine Store became a Rag Merchant's business, before becoming a Marine Store for 1869 and 1870. The firm's principal business was dealing in second hand and scrap goods.
Riferimento : KM# Tn133
Fonte : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2...
Collezione : English, Scottish & Irish, Conder Tokens, Commonwealth & Colonial Tokens