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THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES IN
MEMORY OF
ERNEST DAWSON 1882-1947
GIFT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF NEIV SOUTH WAILES
a
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS.
*1515—
Public
Library
New
of
South
Wales
THE niTCHELL LIBRARY rOUNDATION
Australasian
TOKENS AND COINS A
HANDBOOK BY
Dr.
ARTHUR ANDREWS
President of the Australian Nua\isa\atic Society
Issue^i 6y tf\e 'trustees
of
tFve
J^itcfxell
Library, design, which is identical with that on No. 202, except that the makiT's iianu' and the steamer are omitted. It would appear that this
was struck before the
die
was
ijuite finished.
Taylor also used this design on his Melbourne halfpenn\-. and those he made for
ADAMSON, WATTS, McKECHNIE
cS:
Co. (No.
J.
generally
C.
Thorr.thwaite,
known
as the "
in the issues
and THRALE AND and two fruits on it.
3).
(No. 585), where the olive branch has fourteen leaves
he made for PICJ-.K
AND
Tea Stores pieces," placed an entirely
CROSS
C.VMl'HELL.
different ropre-
sentition of Britannia helmeted, seated, looking to the right, with a shield on which
she appears to be sitting steadied by the right hand, and in her It is only necessary here to
mention that
in a
number
left
a trident.
of cases
both sides
of the tokens bear legends only, giving the style of business carried on, the place
where they could be redeemed, and any other purely advertising matter which seemed good to the issuer. A few peculiarities of spelling should be mentioned, as on one of GRUNDY'S (No. 155), the place of issue is spelt BALLAARAT, and on
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND
26 No. 157 the
last
word
VINCENT
on No. 155.
two
F
letters
in the
No. 196 we have
of the legend
name
(No. 342),
have
we
read
is
spelt
find
MEDALIST, and
for
VINCET,
instead of the correct
Fremantle, in No. 216, had originally
of
and one afterwards partially erased. On and on MARSH AND
HOBART TOWN,
on No. 583, when inserting the second L, he makes TOWN, which on No. 359 76 we find
MEDALL SIT. On No. GRAHAMSTOWN \nth
A
misspelt
MURRY for MURRAY. On No. loi, E. De CARLE & VIVANT REGINA, and, lastly, on THORNTHWAITE (No.
BROTHER'S 582),
of the place,
HOBART TON
Co., Dunedin,
it
is
HENDERSON,
COINS.
GRAHAM
S and one word.
general view of the various designs abovementioned leads us to
conclusion that, in most cases, the side which
designed more or
less
in
we have
selected for the obverse
the
was
accordance with the ideas and wishes of the person
and as an advertising medium, while the reverse was often left to the discretion of the die-sinker employed. Hence the frequency with which certain designs appear designs, too, already used by the makers of tokens for other colonies. The comparatively small orders received from Austrahan traders for use among the limited population would not strongly appeal to the larger class of manufacturers accustomed to supplying the wants of more responsible for their redemption,
—
numerous
peoples.
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS.
zy
Copper and Bronze Tokens. An
asterisk against a
number denotes
that the piece
the Mitchell Collection.
is in
stokes' Reverses so freciuently indicated by uuinhers in this List are shown on Plates 53 and 54. I.
ABRAHAMS, Penny.
Hobart. Tasmania. Normal. (W. J. Taylor
Lewis.
34
1^55.
mm.
ftcit.)
I'l.
i.
0.— DRAPER
in large capitals across centre, LEWIS .\HR.\H.\.MS curved line above, LIVERPOOL STREET / HOBART TOW N two curved lines below, all within a beaded rim.
R.
—A kangaroo and TASMANIA
2*
3.
Halfpenny.
1855.
O.— As
I.
R.
I.
—
No. As No.
emu
in
facing each other on a grassy base, 1855 under, Beaded rim.
over.
2j}>
in
mm.
PI.
i.
ADAMSON, WATTS, McKECHNIE, & Cd. Melbourne Halfpenny. 1855. 28 mm. Normal. (W. J. Taylor fi-cit.) PI. i. WAREHOUSEMEN in three lines O.— WHOLESALE / & RETAIL across centre, ADAMSON, WATTS, McKECHNIE & Co. round within indented rim. A group of four small dots in oval form at /
bottom.
R.— MAY
1ST
/
1855
MELBOURNE EAST
between
two lines across crntre, ii COLLINS St EAST round within the beaded rim. Group of four dots and MELBOURNE and aftir the latter. The date
in
indicates the time of the establishment of the business. 4.
Halfpenny.
1855.
O. — As the
Normal.
28
reverse of No.
R.— Britannia hand
mm.
Scarce.
3.
seated on a rock on the seashore, with olive branch in right
and
wand
supported
in
left
arm,
AUSTRALL\
ovir.
Indented rim. 5.
ALLEN, John. *Penny. O.
—A
Kiama.
1855.
34
mm.
group above
of
rose,
New
South Wales. (J. C. Thornthwaite
LIpset.
shanuock, and beneath and
STORES
fecit.)
thistle in centre
JOHN
.M.I.I-N.
with
PI.
i.
GENER.\L
KIAM.\.
round
within beaded rim.
R.
—A
crudely designed Australian Coat of .\rms with rising sun as crest .\1>\'.\NCE .\USTRALIA
and a kangaroo and emu as supporters. round above within the beaded rim.
This is a very rare piece, but two specimens being known, one in the British Museum and the other from which the illustration is taken in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS.
28 6.
ALLEN,
William.
*Penny. O.
34
1855.
— Group
mm.
Upset.
South Wales.
(J. C.
Thornthwaitc
PI
fecit.)
i.
shamrock, and thistle in centre, WILLIAM ALLEN / two curved lines above, STORES / .JAMBEROO. Beaded rim. in two curved lines below. of
rose,
GENERAL
R.
in
as No 5, with 1855 under over, within the beaded rim.
Arms
Australian
AUSTRALLA This 7.
New
Janibcroo.
is
also rare
and seldom found
in
and
ADVANCE
good order.
ALLIANCE TEA COMPANY. Christchurch. New Zealand. *Penny. i8bb. 34 mm. Normal. (T. Stokes fecit.) PI. i. O.— Has OPPOSITE / BANK OE / NEW^ ZEALAND / ROBERT THO.MPSON / MANAGER in five hues across field, a short bar between the third and fourth hues. ALLIANCE TEA COMPANY curved above, 1866 below. The Y of COMPANY is level with Rim beaded. the bottom of the D of ZEALAND. / W^AREHOUSE / FANCY / GOODS in four lines across with short bar between the second and third, surrounded by TEAS COFFEES FRUITS & SPICES 1866 within the
R.— ITALIAN field
.
.
beaded rim. 8.
Penny. O.
1866.
level
R.— As 9.
mm.
34
Normal.
— As No. 7 but the name No.
ANDERSON, *Penny
with
of
Scarce.
more extended, bringing the
N
of
COMPANY
ZEALAND.
7.
D.
(n.d.).
D
is
New
Wellington.
mm.
34
Normal.
Zealand.
&
(Heaton
Sons
fecit.)
PI.
2.
— GENERAL STORES two straight across centre. D. ANDERSON'S above, WELLINGTON below. Beaded rim. R. — A standing figure of Justice bhndfolded on the sea shore with ship
O.
in
/
lines
In her right hand she holds scales, while the left on the point of an upturned cornucopia from which fruits, &c., are issuing. Among them a minute G, probably the die-cutter's in the distance.
rests
Rim
initial.
10.*
Halfpenny
II.
ANDREW, *Penny. O.
mm.
Normal.
PI. 2.
9.
9.
John
i860.
— In
2yh
(n.d.)
—As
No. R.—As No.
O.
beaded.
&
Co.
Melbourne.
34
mm.
NormaL
(Coard
fecit.)
PI. 2.
centre a Lion "passant regardant " supporting a shield with right fore
paw,
COARD LONDON
within a small plain
circle.
in
minute capitals under base, all this enclosed in a beaded circle
Round
LONSDALE STREET WEST MELBOURNE' and within JOHN ANDREW & CO. IMPORTERS & GENERAL DRAPERS II
•.:.•
the indented rim.
•.:;
•.••;
:••;
R.
—
Justice seated on a bale with cask behind
MELBOURNE VICTORIA rim.
and ship in the distance above, i860 in the exergue. Indented
AVsrnAi AsiAs 12.* Halfpenny.
No.
R.—^As
No.
13.
ANDREW, * Penny.
O.—
II
with
l)ut
&
Jno.
i(S()2.
54
mm.
Normal.
PI. 2.
C9 / DRAPPIRS &c. in two with pointed bars above and below
WEST
St.
kanf<aroo to right and
LONDON in
14.* Halfpenny.
1862.
— As No. R. — As No. i860.
16.* Halfpenny,
to
left
over
rim.
CO.\RD
facing each other.
i«(j2
mm.
Normal.
Pi.
2.
13. 13.
mm.
Normal.
PI.
3.
Rare.
13. II.
28
i860.
— As No. R. — As No.
O.
emu
Ix-ad.-d
Beaded rim.
27^1
34
— As No. R. — As No.
O.
under within the
straight lines across
MKLBOrRNR
minute capitals under base, VICT(JRL\ aUjve,
in
exergue.
O.
17.
2.
.Melbourne.
Co.
LONSDALE
15.* Penny,
PI.
2q
plain stops l;ctw and beaded
circle
GENERAL MERCHANTS. R.
31.
—Justice
Pi.
4.
across
WARNAMP.OOL
.
rim,
centre, .
1MI'( )k'i"i:RS
n.uiul.
.AND
1855.
AUSTRALIA
standing,
Victoria.
& S^)ns fecit) VICTORIA straight
(Heaton
circle
WILLIAM BAT1
BRISBANE
of
under
No. 47.
1863.
Brisbane.
B.
34
mm.
—Australian
Normal. in
PI. 6.
curved
line across centre,
BRISB.ANE
curved above,
Arms,
Rim
bilow.
QUEENSLAND
31
i86().
mm.
O.— WHOLESALE
/
New
Plymouth. Normal. PI. ().
A:
P..
lU^OOKES
I^-aded rim.
Zealand.
IRONMONGERS
& RETAIL
BROWN AND
centre,
W.
beaded.
over, i^G^ under.
BROWN AND DUTHIE. New *Penny.
I
l^ROOKES.
of
O.— IRONMONGERS R.
mm.
47, Init witli the top corner of the
BROOKES, W. & *Penny.
50.
below
— As the obverse.
S of
49.
PI. 5.
Penny
R.
48.
Normal.
in large capitals straight across centre,
above and R.
Queensland.
Brisbane.
(n.d.).
33
.
time
in
lines in
Dl THIE BROUC.HAM STREET round
within indented rim.
R.
— A conical in
51.
two
mountain, probably Mt. Egmont, with T.\K-\NAKi Indented rim.
BUTTERWORTH, *Penny O.
(n.d.).
&
T.,
34 nun.
— A large figure
Co.
Castlemaine.
Normal.
(W.
i>'iO
J.
Victoria.
Taylor
fecit.)
PI. 6.
EOREST STREET in three BUTTERWORTH & C^^ CASTLEMAINE
T.
,
lines in the exergue.
and
I
/'
.
.
lines across field.
round within the
beaded rim.
M1:KC HANTS in four lines in R.— WINE / & / SPIRIT WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERS & DRAPERS * '
centre.
round
within the beaded rim. 52.
Penny O.
R.
(n.d.).
—As No. —As No.
Rare.
34 nun.
Normal.
51. 51,
except that the up stnd<e of
Ov:
ends
in a
dash instead of
a knob.
This was •
53.*
Penny O.
in the
(n.d.).
34
—As No.
51,
cabinet of Mr. \\'alters, of Crafers. Sints to the lower part of C ami H, the lower bar left to the top of C and right to i)etween 1. and S. Rim beailed.
Penny
(n.d.).
— As No. R. — As No.
O.
N\)rmal.
33 i()4
mm.
Normal.
but with lower bar pointing to the miildle of C and S.
159.
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND
A^ i66.
Penny,
33
(n.d.).
— hand R. — As No.
mm.
Normal.
As No. 165 with the bars heavier and the top one chibbed at the
0.
159.
33
mm.
Normal.
—As No. 164, with lower bar pointing R. — As No. 159.
O.
Penny
Penny O.
bottom of C and
to the
S.
Normal.
As No. 164, with the top bar lower pointing left below C, the lower bar points between C and O on the k'ft and L and S on the right.
O.
169.*
mm.
33
(n.d.).
— R. — As
riglit-
end.
167.* Penny, (n.d.).
168.*
COINS.
No. 159. 33
(n.d.).
mm.
Normal.
—As No. 164 but
the top bar is higher pointing to the top of C and H. lower bar points left to O and right to top of the second L
The of MILLS. R.
—As
No. 159.
Though Nos. 164
to 169 are described as
Normal they
are all also often
found Upset. 170. 171.
Large 172.
*Penny O.
34
(n.d.).
— Round
mm.
stops.
letter
Normal or H.
CHRISTCHURCH
Series.
half upset.
HALL
J.
above and
PI.
large
in
16.
letters
COFFEE MILLS
across
centre,
below within the
beaded rim. stops. H. J. HALL across centre, FAMILY GROCER WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT round within the beaded rim. The bottom of the second L of HALL level with the middle of N.
R._Round
:
:
Name 173.
Penny
(n.d.).
long.
34
mm.
—As No. 172. R. — As No. 172,
Normal.
O.
174.
Penny
(n.d.).
34
but the
mm.
name
is
shorter.
Normal.
—As No. 172. R. — As No. 172, but with the bottom of L O.
level
with the back of N.
Name
long.
175.
Penny
(n.d.).
34
mm.
—As No. 172. R. —As No. 172,
Normal.
O.
is
slightly
but
name
again shorter, and the bottom of the second
above the back of N.
L
AU ST n A LA SI AN TO K ESS AM) 176.
Penny O.
mm.
34
(n.d.).
— As
— As No.
Normal.
name
172, with
above the
Penny
mm.
34
(n.d.).
initial
W ui
long, but the
Normal.
—As No. 172, but with Beaded rim. R. — As No. 172, with round
stjuaro stops, anrl the
name
stf)ps,
Penny
L Penny
mm.
34
(n.d.).
—As No. R. — As No.
O.
name
long, the
above the initial H and the second L of N. Beaded rim.
179.
\\INI-", (f,inmtnr.->, ^liclitly
H.
O,
17S.*
49
No. 172.
R.^
177.*
COINS.
of
W
UALL
much
is
shorter.
of WINl*! slightly
level
with the back
Normal.
177. 177, but name shorter, \V level with toji of to middle of N.
H
and the second
HALL
of
mm.
34
(n.d.).
—As No. 177. R. —As No. 177,
Normal.
O.
name
but
shorter
still,
and the second L
of
U.\LL
just
H
and
above the back of N. 180.
Penny O.
mm.
34
(n.d.).
—As
No. 177.
—As
No. 177,
R.^
Penny
L
of
mm.
34
(n.d.).
—As No. R. — As No.
0.
name
witli
the second 181.
Normal.
long,
HALL
is
W
level
commences level with top of with the back of N.
Normal.
177. 177, but with square stops
and name
short.
Taylor
fecit.)
182.
183.
184.
HANKS & COMPY. Penny.
1857.
O.— HANKS
MART
mm.
34
Normal.
/ & / COMP'' above,
Arms
(\V.
J.
in three lines in centre.
SYDNEY
— Australian
R.
Sydney.
Penny.
1857.
O. and R.
as No. 24 on PI. 54. with
r86.* Halfpenny.
O.— As R.— As 187.
Halfpenny. O.
—
*15I5-D
No. 184, but a smaller coin.
1857.
28
mm.
Normal.
28
mm.
Normal.
PI. 17.
No. 184. No. 184. 1857.
As No. 186,
R._As
Normal.
33 nun.
— As
No. 186.
Init
16.
AUSTRALLVN TLA
below within the beaded rim.
rim. 185.
PI.
mueli heavier lettering.
18:>7
beneath.
IVaded
i88.
AKW
AUSTh'-iLASfAX TOKENS
50
HANKS AND LLOYD. *Penny.
Sydney.
mm.
34
1855.
Normal.
(W.
O.— HANKS / AND / LLOYD TEA MART SYDNEY within
OPENINO OF
RAH.WAY
/ 1S9.* Halfpenny.
O.— As R.—As
Taylor
fecit.)
PI.
17.
AUSTRALL\N
COMMEMORATE THE THE / SYDNEY
beaded rim. TO the 1855 and in four lines in centre, .
.
/ 2r)TH SEPT'^
Normal.
28 unn.
1855.
J.
three lines in centre, round within the beaded rim. in
.
.
R.__Round
COINS.
PI.
17.
No. 188. No. 188.
1857. 34 mm. Normal. O.— As No. 188. R.— Australian Arms, PEACE & PLENTY
190.* Penny.
Beaded
above, 1857 below.
rim.
191.* Penny.
mm.
34
1857.
— As No. 188, R. — As No. 190.
O.
192.* Penny.
R.
34
1857.
O.— As
— As
PL
Normal.
word
the
I>ut
mm.
17.
SYDNEY
in taller
narrower
letters.
Normal.
No. 188.
No. 191, but the name
193.* Halfpx'nny.
1857.
LLOYD
28
mm.
Normal.
28
mm.
Normal.
is
shorter.
PI. 17.
O.— As No. 188. R.
— As No.
194.* Halfpenny.
O.
— As
1857.
195.
— As
AND
is
1858.
34
mm.
Adelaide.
Normal.
IRONMONGERS Beaded
196.
—
/
O.— O.
J.
Taylor
PI. 17.
fecit.)
/
/
RETAIL
in
seven
/
lines.
rim.
0. H.
(n.d.).
(W.
WHOLESALE / & HINDLEY ST / ADELAIDE
Justice seated on a bale, Beaded rim.
HEDBERG, *Penny
and the
rim.
No. 193.
O.— HARROLD BROTHERS
R.
Beaded
in larger letters.
HARROLD BROTHERS. *Penny.
SYDNEY
No. 193, without the stops before and after
word R.
190.
34
Hobart.
mm.
HEDBERG in ARGYLL STORES •;.
indented rim.
A
over,
1858
in
the exergue.
Tasmania.
Upset.
H. /
AUSTRALIA
(\V. J.
Taylor
fecit.)
two hues across
PI. 18.
centre.
HOBART TON
OIL & COLOR
round within the short pointed bar above O. H. extending over St.
•:•
AU^-fkALAStAK the
vertical stroke of
first
AXD
rOf^ltXS
H
stops to
COtS'S.
left
^t
of vertical strokes of
and K. The & is exactly equidistant from L and C. H and (i sHf^htly above the (i of WAyHlAiO which is
R.— ().
withm
name Penny O.^
(n.d.).
— As No.
is
•:•
HOHAkT PENNY in two
H- )rSK
level
with
21
mm.
long.
T(A'
•;•
round
lines in centre, , Tfie ornamental stop after the 15 mm. long. slightly nearer the O than the N of TON.
tlie
PENNY 197.*
SWEDISH indented rim, OXK
H. HlI-^I\( whieh is jn^t under jo mm. and N level with
R.— As 2 X).*
Word
cS:
—As No.
Penny
llie
(n.d.).
—Has
long.
R.
l)ut
34
mm.
Normal.
Pi.
("o.,
«!v
No.
11.
Rire.
iS.
No. 197. beautiful design of Britannia seated on a rock, an olive branch in the right hand and a wand in the left, pointing to the end of the A lower serif of the letter I of AUSTRALIA curvi-d aU.ve. steamer in the distance, tlu' wati-r surronud> the rock, makinu' a wavy broken ])ase line. Pn'adeil rim.
(n.d.)
54
mm.
l^pset.
PI.
Rare.
18.
—As No. 197. R. — A variation
O.
of No. 200, with a more ngxdar base lin«\ the sea only and tlu- «i( five-pointed star below with the
—Britannia
R,
Penny
(n.d.).
O.— As
—
R.
O.
with olive branch ..nd trident. BRITANNLX over. S on the rock behind the shield.
A
34 nun.
Normal.
No. 291, with the
I
of
1K1:DALE
and small oval o in CV Justice standiuf,', Al'STR-XLLA falling
293.* Penny
a
H&
nuuiite
292.*
n
in centre,
round within
beaded rim.
the
AND SPIRIT MERCHVNTS in four lines in centre. PURVEYORS OF THE CONCENTRATED FAMILY COFFEE.
R._\VI,\E 1863
370.* Halfpenny.
O.
R.
— As — As
.
round within the beaded rim.
1803,
No. 369. No. 369,
28
mm.
NoruuU.
PI. ^2.
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS.
72 371.
MILLER BROTHERS. Melbourne. 1862. (T. Stokes fecit.) V\. 32. 34 mm. Normal. 0. — A buggv in the centre with COACH over and Bl'ILDERS
*Penny.
MILLER BROTHERS MELBOURNE
under.
round withni the beaded
rim.
R.
—A vine brancli as Stokes' reverse No.
372.* Penny.
1862.
34
mm.
i.
Upset.
—As No. 371. R. — Vine branch as Stokes O.
573* Penny.
1862.
reverse No.
34
mm.
Normal.
34
mm.
Normal.
— As No. 371. R. — Australian Arms as
7.
O.
374.* Penny.
1862.
— As No. 371. R. — An emu, &c.,
Stokes' reverse No. 13.
O.
J/D-
as Stokes' reverse No. 17.
MILLER AND DISMORR. Melbourne. (n.d.). (Smith & Kemp fecit.) PL 32. 34 mm. Upset. O.— DRAPERS / HABERDASHERS &c / COLLINS SI in three lines in centre with MILLER & DISMORR above and MELBOURNE
*Penny
.
below within the beaded rim.
R.— ONE / PENNY / TOKEN in & KEMP. BIRM. in minute 37().
MILNER AND THOMPSON.
Christchurch.
New
Zealand.
Large Series. Normal. PI. 32.
34 mm. group of musical instruments, wreathed, with a cherub above and radiated, CHRISTCHURCH / 1881 in two lines below. The first
*Penny. O.
three lines of large capitals with SMITH bottom. Beaded rim.
letters at the
1881.
—A
ray points to the top of the
H
first
C and the
last just passes the final
CHRISTCHURCH. Round within the indented rim, MILNER & THOMPSON'S CANTERBURY MUSIC DEPOT & PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSE.
R.
of
—A landscape with a Maori standing with in the distance.
377* Penny. O.
1881.
34
— Generally H
R.—A
and
mm.
NEW
Normal.
to left
and
shield, spear, &c., a
ZEALAND
PI. 32.
as No. 376, but the first rav touches the top of the the last the final C of CHRISTCHURCH.
bust of a Maori chief with shield and spear. ADVANCE round abo\'e within the indented rim.
ZEALAND 378.* Penny.
mountain
to right above.
1881.
34
mm.
first
NEW
Upset.
—As the reverse of No. 376. R. — As the reverse of No. 377.
O.
Small Series. 1881. 379.* Penny. 32 mm. Normal. PI. 32. O. Design similar to No. 376 with the first and last ravs passing clear ^ of the word CHRISTCHURCH. Indented rim. R. As No. 377.
— —
'
I
AUSTRALASIAN 380.* Penny.
32 mm. No. 379.
381.* Penny.
O.
AM)
COISS.
73
Ncjrmal.
1881.
— As R. — As
O.
l()Ki:\'S
No. 376.
1881.
— As
32
mm.
Ncjrmal.
PI. 33.
No. 379.
R.— SOLE AGENTS in
/
FOR
jOHX
/
1',R1NSM1-:.\1)
cS:
.MII.NI:K
with
centre
in
lines
five
A:
SONS PI.\NO.-) THOMPSON'S
CANTlCRiaJRY MUSIC DEPOT & PIANOEORTE WAREHOUSE. round 382.* Penny.
1881.
O.— As R.
^^S*
indented rim.
wltliin the
mm.
32
Normal.
the reverse of No. 381.
— As
No. 377, but the chief's head is smaller and thf ornaments in the hair differ, the spear is more slender and the lettering of the legend smaller.
I'cnny.
1881.
32
mm.
Normal.
— As the reverse of No. 381. with R. — As the reverse of No.
O.
j,y()
384.
slight dilfereiiee in the plant
near his
hand.
left
MOIR,
Joseph.
*Penny
(n.d.).
Holxirt.
34
mm.
Tasmania. Normal. PI.
MOIR
0.1-jOSEPH
IRONMONGERY
TOWN
/
in eight lines.
R.— ECONOMY HOUSE
DEMAND
/
/
.\N1)
RETAIE/
/
l.s^>
HOBAKT
,
Indented rim.
ONE
/
HERE
33-
WHOLESALlESTABLlSH.MENT
/
/
PENNY TOKICN
MURRY
STRliET
in
P.\YABLE
seven
ON
Indented
lines.
rim. 3S5.
MORGAN, *Penny.
South Australia. Normal. (W. J. Taylor
Adelaide.
William.
34 nun.
1858.
WHOLESALE
0._WILLIAM MORGAN / HINDLEY STREET /
/
fecit.)
ADEL.MDl-:
PI. 33.
GROCER
RETAIL
cS:
in
seven
within
lines
a
beaded rim. K._justice seated on
a l)ale, cVc.
.\U>riv\I.l\ owr, 1858
in
exergue-
letters
and the
Bead(>d rim. 386.* Penny.
34 mm. Normal. No. 385. As No. 385 with the word Al'STR.\l.l.\ in smaller head between R and A instead of luuK-r A. 1858.
O.— As R.
387.
—
MORRIN & *Penny
Co.
(n.d.).
O.—A palm and
Auckland. New Zealand. Normal. PI. 33.
34 nun.
tree in centre, with Ol'EI-'N
AUCKL.\ND
MORRIN
cS:
O'
—A
and
(.ROCERS.
STREET
round
WINE
wiihn .S:
above the
SPIRIT
m
hall
cudc
leaded
rim.
MERCHANTS
of the tree is under tl;e S of STREET. standing figure of justice with scales and cornucopia, a digger ADV.ANCE and a Maori holding hands in the distance. AUCKLAND above within the beaded rim.
The topmost frond ^^
below
AUSTRALASIAN
74 388.* IVnii}'
mm.
j4
(n.d.).
lOKliX'S
389.
bringing the top frond nndcr
witli the tree wiried
Penny
34
(n.d.).
O.— As R.— As
COINS.
Normal.
— As No. 387, a smaller base. R. — As No. 387.
O.
AND
mm.
ST and
Normal.
No. 388.
AUCKLAND
No. 387, with the words ADVANCE bringing the head between A and U.
contracted,
390391.
MOUBRAY, LUSH & Co. Melbourne. *Penny (n.d.). 34 mm. Normal. (Hcaton & Sons fecit.) O.— MOUBRAY LUSH curved above, MELBOURNE & C" / DRAPERS in two lines. Beaded rim.
—Justice
R.
392.
MULLIGAN, *Penny.
with
standing
G among
minute
mm.
34
Normal.
O.— ROCKHAMPTON
m
QUEENSLAND 393.* Halfpenny.
R.
over.
A
Queensland.
(W.
J.
Taylor
fecit.)
PI. 33.
QUEENSLAND STORES MULLIGAN below. Beaded rim. ADVANCE AUSTRALIA on the scroll.
straight across centre, half circle above and D. T.
R.— Australian Arms
0.
below enclosing
AUSTRx\LIA
cornucopia, &c. Beaded rim.
Rockhampton.
D. T.
18O3.
fruit.
PI. 33.
1863.
with
Beaded rim.
above 1863 below.
28
mm.
Normal.
28
mm.
Normal.
PI. 34.
— No. 392. —As No. 392. x\s
394.* Halfpenny.
1863.
O.-^As No. 392, but the word R. As No. 392.
ROCKHAMPTON
shorter.
—
395.
MURRAY AND *Penny
CHRISTIE. 34
(n.d.).
O.— MURRAY with a
mm. /
AND
scroll
Castlemaine.
Upset. /
(T.
CHRISTIE
between the
tliird
/ IRONMONGERS MERCHANTS in five hues.
R.— GROCERS the 39b.
Penny
(n.d.).
G
of
34
IRONMONGERS.
mm.
Victoria.
Stokes
/
and /
fecit.)
PI. 34.
CASTLEMAINE fourth.
Beaded
CHINA & GLASS GROCERS
The R of Beaded rim.
in
four lines,
rim.
WARE
/ / exactly over
Upset.
O.— As R.
No. 395. No. 395, but the word GROCERS is longer, bringing the second R over the space between G and E in the line below. The word is shorter with the E exactly over the N in the line below.
— As
WARE
397.*
Penny
(n.d.).
34
mm.
Upset.
— the reverse of No. 395. R. — Australian Arms as Stokes' reverse No. 13.
O.
i\s
^1
.
AUSTIiALASIAX JOKI-.SS A SI) COINS. 398.
Penny
(n.d.).
O.— As
j^
Normal.
3.4 nini.
No. 397. with slight variatif)n of
letters K. G,
tin-
L and K
in
the
four linos in their respective positions.
— As No.
R.
399.
397.
NEW ZEALAND. *Penny.
1879.
—A
O.
J"
Nomuil.
>"'i^-
Mn,rv
(J.
fecit.)
I'l.
Kart-.
j.j.
laureated head of Ouccn Victoria with a rosJV
44S.*
Penny
over
1
I^-adcd rim.
of R1:T.\1L.
a shearer working to right.
NEW ZEALAND
below.
.ADVANCE
Beaded rim.
Nornnl. 34 mm. of WHOLESALE lower and opix)sue D. tlie .\ No. 447, with and the S of BUILDl-lRS under the I of of AND under the
(n.d.).
W
0"_As
W
RETAIL. R. 449.*
—As
Penny
No. 447.
(n.d.).
34
mm.
Normal.
—As No. 447, with W toucJiing W. with the of KirrXIl under the of BUILDERS R. — As No. 447.
O.
I
is
.\
of
AND
i.ndir
.
The S
.
PI. j,q. 28 mn\. Normal. of WHOLESALE lines, the twelve in legend with 0.— As No. 447, of l-.DWARD. the A of AND slightly to almost touching the the left, the S of BUILDERS to the right of the 1 «.
O.— As
circle
R.— As 488.* Halfpenny
No. 48b. (n.d.).
28 unn.
Normal.
No. 487 with no plain circle. Hie T of S.>" is to right second E of DEALERS under the S of (;R(X'1-:RS.
O.— As R.
— Scale bar lower
489.* Halfpenny
(n.d.).
just
28 nun.
R.
— Scale
bar low.
O. and the
below E.
Normal.
No. 487, with the E of DEALERS the T of S.'' under o of 260.
0._As
()f
to right of
S of
GROCERS
and
AUSTRALASIAN lOKEXS AXD
86 490.* Halfpenny
28
(n.d.).
mm.
COINS.
Upset.
No. 487, with E of DEALERS partly under S of GROCERS and the S of SYDNEY exactly under the first E of (iEORGE.
0.— As
— Scale
R.
bar low.
mm. Normal. E of DEALERS SYDNEY to right of E above.
491.* Halfpenny
49J.
No. 487, with
— Scale
R.
Halfpenny
under S of
28
mm.
49J.* Halfpenny
28
(n.d.).
mm.
Normal.
SH REEVE, Brass.
24
of
GROCERS
and the
iS:
as in
some
of the pence.
bar low.
Noah.
Adelaide.
mm.
Normal.
O.— N. SHREEVE ADELAIDE /
G
PI. 41.
—As No. 490 with a well marked dot under
494.
of
bar low.
0.^
R.— Scale
and S
Normal.
No. 487 with the A of TEA to centre of of 260 to right of A in line above.
— Scale
GROCERS
bar low.
(n.d.).
O.—As R.
28
(n.d.).
O.— As
AGENT
round edge,
in four lines within.
IMPORTER /& /GENERAL
Beaded
rim.
R.— Head of Queen Victoria in centre, VICTORIA QUEEN OE GREAT BRITAIN round edge. Beaded rim. 495.*" Brass.
O.
24
mm.
— Similar
R.— Similar
Normal. to No. 494.
No. 494, but with two
to
letters
T
in
BRITAIN.
These pieces were not intended to circulate as small change, although in
some instances they were taken
in place of a halfpenny.
496.
497.
SOMERVILLE, M.
Auckland.
*Penny.
"'^i''^-
1857.
34
New
Normal.
Zealand. PI. 41.
O.— M. SOMERVILLE
/ WHOLESALE / FAMILY GROCER / CITY MART / AUCKLAND in five lines within a beaded rim. WHOLESALE long with the W in line with and almost touching
the point of M.
R.
—A
NEW
rose, shamrock and thistle with ZEALAND over, under. The middle leaflet above the rose almost vertical and touching the corner of E of ZEALAND.
group of
1857
498.* Penny. O.
1857.
— As
No.
34
mm.
497,
WHOLESALE M and W. R.
—As No. 497.
Normal.
with
the outer circle of legend shghtly larger and shorter and higher, leaving more space between
AUSTRALASIAN 499.* Penny.
O.
1857.
nun.
54
J
OK ENS AND
COINS.
Sj
Xornnl.
— As No. 498.
i^-— A group of
rose, slianirock and thistle .i^ bdon-, witli the >t.ilk> t .iu..s> ,.uii., 1. .V1(JKES round within the beaded rim.
in
— As the reverse of No. 515.
1862. 34 mm. Upset. PI. 42. EAST, in O.—T. STOKES / 100 / COLLINS ST. centre, BUTTON CHECK & TOKEN MAKER
519.* Penny.
four lin.s in
,'
:
the
MELBOURNE
:
round within the beaded rim. R. 520.
— An emu,
Penny.
1862.
&c., as Stokes' reverse No. 17.
mm.
34
O.—T. STOKES
R.—Wheatsheaf, 0._Within
ST.
mm.
34
a plain
Normal.
CHECK 522.* Penny. 0.
mner
circle. T.
five
in
STOKES No
lines.
R.
lS:
TOKEN MAKER
mm.
34
1862.
mm.
34
0._Within an
Normal.
inner plain
between
it
in
O.
1862.
34
525.
Penny.
1862.
0.— As R.
34
mm.
,
EAST
,
Between the
1(Hi COLL N.^ >T. stop after ST. anti round l.l-TTl-K CUTTER BUTTON
lines,
rim, :
17.
Normal.
— As No. 523. — Australian .\rms as
R.
ST.
LETTER CITTICR BITTON
STOKES
and the beaded
mm.
COLLINS ST
8.
five
— Emu, &c., as Stokes' reverse No.
Penny.
KH)
stop after
PI. 43.
CHECK & TOKEN MAKER
524.
the
17.
circle. T.
MELBOl'RNE
EAST
R.
lints,
MELBOURNE
Normal.
— As No. 521. — Emu, &c., as Stokes' reverse No.
523.* Penny.
four
:
branch as Stokes' reverse No.
1862.
in
above
PI. 43.
inner circle and the beaded rim,
—Vine
EAST
&c., as Stokes' reverse No. 21.
MELBOURNE R.
''
TOKEN MA KICK
cS:
Beaded rim.
below.
1862.
COLLINS
/
CHECK
centre,
521.* Penny.
Normal.
/ 100
Stokes' reverse No. 13.
Upset.
No. 523.
— Vine branch as Stokes' reverse No.
i.
I
AUSTRALASIA X TOKENS AND COINS.
90
1862. 34 mm. Normal. PI. 43. O.—Within an inner plain circle, T. STOKES / 100 / COLLINS ST. / EAST / MELBOURNE in five lines and round within the beaded rim, LETTER CUTTER SEAL ENGRAVER TOKEN MAKER.
526.* Penny.
R.
— Vine branch as
527.* Penny.
1862.
— —Emu,
mm.
34
7.
Normal.
As No. 526.
O.
R. 528.
Stokes' reverse No.
Penny.
34
as Stokes' reverse No. 20.
cl'c,
mm.
Normal.
1862.
—As No. 526. as Stokes' reverse No. R. — Emu,
O.
&:c.,
529.
Penny.
R.
Penny.
1862.
O.— As R.
Normal.
mm.
34
Normal.
No. 526.
—Australian Arms as
531.* Penny.
1862.
— Legend
O.
mm.
34
— As No. 526. —Wheatsheaf as Stokes' reverse No. 21.
0.
530.
1862.
17.
mm.
34
No.
vStokes' reverse
Upset.
14.
PI. 43.
in five lines in centre as
No. 526, and LETTER CUTTER. round within the beaded
SEAL ENGRAVER. TOKEN MAKER
:
rim.
R. 532.
—Vine branch as Stokes' reverse No.
Penn3^
1862.
O. and R. 533.
Penny.
mm.
35
— As No.
1862.
LTpset.
531, but the piece
mm.
34
—As No. 531. R. — Wheatsheaf as
i.
is
larger.
Normal.
O.
534.* Penny.
1862.
Stokes' reverse No. 21.
mm.
34
— As No. 531. R. —Vine branch
LTpset.
O.
535-* Penny.
1862.
O.— As 536.
Penny.
Upset.
PI. 43.
branch as Stokes' reverse No.
1862.
O.— As
mm.
34
No. 531, but with stop after .AIAKER.
—Vine
R.
as Stokes' reverse No. 3.
mm.
34
7.
Normal.
No. 535.
R.^Australian Arms as Stokes' reverse No. 537.
Penny.
1862.
— Legend
O.
34
mm.
13.
Normal.
in five lines in centre as No.. 521,
round
within
the
beaded
rim
with no stop after
LETTER
ENGRAVER-TOKEN MAKER. R.
—Austrahan
Arms
as Stokes' reverse No. 13.
ST and
CUTTER^ SEAL
:
AUSTRALASIAN TO K ESS 538.
Penny.
34 nun.
1862.
A S b COINS.
(jl
Xornuil.
— As No. 537. R. — Australian Arms as O.
539.
Penny.
1862.
0.— As R.
14.
Normal.
No. 537.
—Wheatsheaf
540.* Penny.
1862.
and
as Stokes' reverse No. 21.
mm.
34
— Legend
O.
mm.
34
No.
St(^kcs' reverse
in
round
l'])sei.
PI. 43.
No. 523. with stop after ST.
lines as
five
within
the
beaded
rim,
in
innr-r rirele
MlIdT.\kV OKNA.MI-INT
BUTTON & TOKEN MAKER R. -Vine branch as Stokes' rcvx-rse No. 541.* Penny.
1862.
mm.
34
— As No. 540. R. — Wheatsheaf as
i.
Normal.
O.
542.* Penny.
1862.
Stokes' reverse No. 21.
mm.
34
Upset.
PI. 44.
— Australian Arms as Stokes' reverse No. — Vine branch as Stokes' reverse No.
O.
R.
13.
2.
543.* Penny.
1862.
34
mm.
Upset.
—Australian Arms as Stokes' reverse No. — Vine branch as Stokes' reverse No.
O.
R.
14.
3.
544.* Penny.
1862.
34
mm.
— As No. 543. R. — Vine branch
Upset.
O.
545.
Penny.
1862.
O.— As R.
34
mm.
Penny.
I'pset.
No. 543. branch as Stokes' reverse No.
—Vine
before 54().*
as Stokes' reverse No. 5.
1862.
and 34
after
mm.
VICTORIA
3,
but with stops instead of colons
18O2.
Upset.
O.— Australian Arms as Stokes' reverse No. R.— Vine branch as Stokes' reverse No.
13.
().
547.* Penny.
i8()2.
34
mm.
Upset.
O.— As No. 54b. R.
—Vine
548.* Penny.
1862.
O.— As R. 549.
34
mm.
3.
Upset.
No. 54b.
—Vine
Pennv.
branch as Stokes' reverse No.
branch as Stokes' reverse No.
1862.
34 nun.
O.— Wheatsheaf
with
Upsit.
2.
PI. 44-
AD\'ANCK AUSTK.\L1.\
Stokes' reverse No. 21.
R.— Vine
branch as Stokes' reverse No.
b.
over,
If^G'J
under,
as
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS.
92 550.
Penny.
1862.
mm.
34
— As No. 549. R. — Vine branch
Upset.
O.
551.* Penny.
1862.
as Stokes' reverse No. j.
mm.
34
Upset.
— As No. 549. R. — Vine branch as Stokes' reverse O.
before and after 552.
Penny. O.
R.
1862.
mm.
34
— As No. 549. — Vine branch
553.* Penny.
No.
VICTORIA
but with stops in place of colons
3,
8(j2.
Upset.
No.
6.
No. 549. Vine branch as Stokes' reverse No.
9.
1862.
as Stokes' reverse
mm.
34
Upset.
O.— As
—
R.
554.* Penny.
1862.
mm.
34
Upset.
— A larger wheatsheaf as Stokes' reverse R. — Vine branch as Stokes' reverse No.
O.
No.
22.
3.
555-* Penny.
1862.
mm.
34
Upset.
O.— As R.
—
556.* Penny.
No. 554. Vine branch as Stokes' reverse No. 1862.
mm.
34
Upset.
PI.
44.
—An emu as Stokes' reverse No. R. — Vine branch as Stokes' reverse
0.
557.* Penny.
R. 558.
O.
R.
branch as Stokes' reverse No.
5.
mm.
34
Upset.
1862.
34
mm.
Upset.
— An emu as Stokes' reverse No. 20. —Vine branch as Stokes' reverse No.
559. Penny.
0.
4.
No. 556.
— Vine
Penny.
18.
No.
1862.
O.— As
9.
1862.
34
— Austrahan
mm.
No. 16 on
PI.
9.
54.
Arms drawn much more
1862 over in small capitals and small letters. Beaded rim.
lightly than usual,
STOKES MEL.
.
.
VICTORIA.
below
in
very
R.—Blank. This obverse has not yet been found on any token with a reverse or bearing the
name
of
any
issuer.
560. 561. 562.
563-
II
AUSTRAI.ASIAX TOKF.S'S AM) COISS.
93
564-
566.
STOKES AND MARTIN. Aklbouni.. ;i mm. (n.d.). Normal. HI. 44. O.— ST()KI-:S M.VRTIN / DIE / SIXKKRS SKAL KNr.R.WKRS .MU.ITAKV & MEDALLISTS / BUTTON CUKC K TOKEN
*Penny
cS:
MAKERS
MASONIC / ORNAMiCNT EAST / MELBOL'RNi:. in
100 (OI.LINS
/
ST
eleven lines. A pointed bar Ix-twet-n All enclosed the fifth and sixth and the eighth and ninth lines. in a plain circle within the beaded rim.
Maori head. ONE PENNY behind. and beaded lini.
R.— A
TOKICN
front, with plain
in
circle
567.
TAYLOR, *Penny
Adelaide.
Alfred.
mm.
34
(n.d.).
Normal.
(Heaton
&
Sons
PI.
fecit.)
/ AND / CLOTHIER / ADl'LLAIDE in centre with short l)ar above and ImIow, ALLRICD RUNDLE STREET, round within the beaded rim.
0.—DRAPER
R.
— Justice
standing with AUSTRALIA over, a minute from tlie cornucopia.
44.
four lines in
TAYLOR
.31
among
the
(i
fruits falling
568.
TAYLOR,
Victoria.
Ballarat.
J.
*Penny.
1862.
mm.
34
Normal.
Stokes
(T.
PI.
fecit.)
44.
O.—Within an inner plain circle, TAYLOR RED HOUSE CORNER BALLARAT in six STREETS OF / DANNA & RAGLAN }.
lines
and round within the beaded rim.
BAKER FAMILY GROCER R.
—Australian
569.* Penny.
1862.
O.— As R.
No.
571.
mm.
34
No.
— Vine
Penny
as Stokes' reverse No. 13.
Normal.
as Stokes' reverse No. 21.
mm.
34
I'pset.
5()8.
branch as Stokes' rewrse No.
TAYLOR, W. (n.d.).
i.
Melbourn(>.
J.
mm.
33
0._Within an
Normal.
inner bar above and below.
R.— Kangaroo
(W.
plain circle,
AUSTRALIA to
gj
cjj.
right,
emu
LONDON
emu, and
L
ONE
T.iylor fecit.)
PENNY
Round within
Penny
(n.d.).
O.— As R.
— As
33
mm.
in
45.
lines
t^i
to left
facing.
W
under the kangaroo
Normal.
PL two
with short the beadetl rim. .-XDV-ANCE
.
in
rim. 572.
BRE.VD \ BISCUIT
:
5()8.
1862.
O.— As R.
Arms
— Whcatsheaf
570.* Penny.
,
Scarce.
No. 571. No. 371, with the maker's name
tuiiitted.
j.
I'.Wl
minute
OR
under the
letters.
Beaded
AUSTliALASlAN TOKENS AND COINS.
94 573.* Halfpenny
28
(n.d.).
O.— A
kangaroo
mm.
Normal.
with
MEDALLIST
(W.
Taylor
J.
four lines of small capitals in the exergue.
— Britannia
R.
574.
Halfpenny O.
R.— As
mm.
O.-As
Normal.
in left
hand,
Scarce.
no legend
573, but with
in the
exergue.
28
(n.d.).
mm.
Normal.
Scarce.
PI. 45.
No. 573-
— Britannia seated with ohve branch and a cap of UNITED STATES
576.
wand
Indented rim.
over.
No. 573.
575.* Halfpenny
R.
28
(n.d.).
—As No.
Beaded rim.
seated with olive branch in right and
AUSTRALIA
PI. 45.
fecit.)
AUSTRALIA over and W. }. TAYLOR TO THE GREAT / EXHIBITION / 1851 in
THOM/VS, T. W., & Co. MelbDurne. Halfpenny (n.d.). 28 mm. Normal.
O.— GROCERS
in
Lil)ertv
on the wand,
fecit.)
PI.
Beaded rim.
over.
(W.
J.
Taylor
45.
THOMAS &
straight line across centre, T. W. round within the indented rim.
MELBOURNE
R.— Round within the LANDING OF.
C9
.
.
COMMEMORATION OF THE CHARLES / HOTHAM / 22D JUNE
indented rim, IN
and SIR /
/ 1854 in five lines in centre. 577.
Halfpenny
28
(n.d.).
mm.
Normal.
Rare.
O. and R. as No. 576 but the legend in ornamental letters. 578.
THORNTHWAITE, Penny.
1850.
J.
C.
mm.
35
Sydney. (J. C.
Thornthwaite
fecit.)
See page 12.
O.—Australian Arms
surmounted by rising sun supported by kangaroo on right and emu on left. The whole design impressed slantingly ADVANCE AUSTRALIA above ONE PENNY / TOKEN / 1850 .
in three lines in the
exergue.
R.— Blank. This crudely designed and roughly struck piece was probably merely a piece when Thornthwaite was first turning his attention to tokenmaking. It was in the Heuzenroeder Collection in 1893. (Roth and Hull.)
trial
579.* Penny.
O.
1854.
35
mm.
Normal.
PI. 45.
— In an inner plain
circle AND in centre with rose, shamrock and thistle above and a rose with three leaves under, surrounded by DIE SINKER MEDALLIST, and round within the indented rim, .
J. C.
R.
THORNTHWAITE
—Australian
AUSTRALIA 580.
Penny,
(n. d.)
35
.
BOURKE STREET SURRY
Arms with kangaroo
and emu Beaded rim.
to left
over, 18o4 under.
mm.
— As
No. 579. R.— Blank.
O.
Evidently a
trial piece.
(Dixson Cabinet.)
to right,
HILLS.
ADVANCE
AVSTRMASl.W 581.
1H54.
Penny.
l^arc
not
if
TOh'l-XS A XI) COIS'S.
Q5
iiiii(|iic.
Arms witli DIl-: SIN KICK in inni-r circle, J. C. THOlv^NTHWAITi: JiOrkKl-: srKi:i:T SIRRV mi.I.S round
().
Australian
K.
— A semicircle
within rim.
The
in centre
rose
J. r.
THORNTHWAITE
and
(Mily
582.* Halfpenny.
mm.
28
1854.
this
i^ase
two
in
lines
known was
Upset.
withui which
is
iJllv
SINKHR
A1)VAN( K AI'STRAI.IA,
below.
1854
thistle-;
specimen of (Roth and Hull.)
1893.
on ornamental
and
above.
in the Heu/.enr'd.
COMPANY in two wheatsheaf in centre with I'NION BAKERY Beaded rim outside lines above and CHRISTCHURCH below. a plain
circle.
R.— WHOLESALE AND RETAH. AND / GROCERS in seven the beaded rim.
BAKERS lines in
CONEECTK^NERS
a plain circle just within
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS.
96 589.
Penny
mm.
jo
(n.d.).
Normal.
Scarce.
O.— As No. 588.
ONE PENNY
R.- Head of a Maori,
in a plain circle just
590.
beliind
and
TOKEN
UNITED SERVICE HOTEL. Auckland. New Zealand. * Penny. 1874. 34 mm. Normal. PI. 4(). O.— UNITED SERVICE / HOTEL in two straight lines circle
591.* Penny.
QUEEN
OE
AUCKLAND. R.— A
Round
with a short bar below.
CORNER
O.— As
No.
mm.
34
590
enclosed
in
within the
an inner plain beaded rim,
WELLESLEY
&
STREETS.
N.Z.
VICTORIA DEI GRATIA
filleted head of Queen Victoria with over, 1874 below.
1874.
in front,
within the beaded rim.
Normal.
UNITED SERVICE
with
but
PI. 47.
HOTEL
curved over
straight.
R. 592.
— As
WALLACE, *Penny.
No. 590. James.
O.— GROCER
/ &9
Normal.
in
WELLINGTON R.
— Justice rim.
593.* Halfpenny.
New
Wellington.
mm.
34
1859.
28
J.
Taylor
two hues in centre, below. Beaded rim.
No
seated on a bale, &c.
1859.
Zealand.
(W.
mm.
Normal.
PL
fecit.)
47.
JAMES WALLACE
legend.
1859
in
exergue.
above,
Beaded
PI. 47.
—As No. 592. R. — As No. 592. O.
594.
WARBURTON, *Penny.
0.—Within
Melbourne.
T.
1862.
mm.
34 a
BOURKE
Normal. inner
plain
ST
circle,
WEST
(T.
T.
Stokes
PI. 47.
fecit.)
WARBURTON
/
11
/
LITTLE
and round within the beaded MELBOURNE The rim, IRON & ZINC SPOUTING WORKS of WORKS, there is no O of WARBURTON is opposite the stop after ST and the seat of the G of spouting is wanting. /
in five lines,
W
R.
— An
595.* Penny.
O. R.
emu
1862.
1862.
:
as Stokes' reverse No. 17.
34
mm.
—As No. 594. —Vine branch
596.* Penny.
:
34
Normal.
as Stokes' reverse No. 8.
mm.
— As No. 594. R. — Vine branch as
Upset.
O.
597.* Penny.
1862.
34
Stokes' reverse No.
mm.
i.
Upset.
—As No. 594. R. — Wheatsheaf as Stokes' 0.
reverse No. 21.
1
G
AUSTRALASIAN TOKKSS A\'D COISS. 598.* Penny.
O.
1862.
mm.
34
Normal.
Q7
PI. 47.
— Legend
similar to No. 594 but that in the outer circle is spread out bringing the O of opfKjsite the space between SPOUTING and There is also a stop after ST.. the last letter of the name slants slightly upward, and the U is slightly of SPOTTING. to right of the Seat of (', e.xtends w.-ll into the concavity of the letter.
WARBL'RTON WORKS.
U
— Australian
R. 599.
Penny.
1862.
Arms
as Stokes' reverse No. 13.
mm.
34
— As No. 598. R. — Emu, &c., as
Normal.
O.
Ooo.* Penny.
34 mm. No. 598.
6or.
—-Whcatslieaf as
Penny.
1862.
0.— As 602.* Penny.
O.
Stokes' reverse No. 21.
mm.
34
Upset.
No. 59S.
—Whcatsheaf
R.
Upset.
1862.
O.— As R.
Stokes' reverse No. 17.
as Stokes' reverse No. 22.
34 mm. No. 598 with
Normal. PI. 47. between G\V but
1862.
—As
and the
final
O
N
initial
thrs and 1857 in largi'r ligures.
R._As
623.
WHITTY AND BROWN. *Penny 0.
(n.d.).
—Young
^^ nun.
word T.\SM.\Nl.\
is
in
Sydney. Normal.
(Whitty
Cv:
Browii
PI. 50.
fecit.)
with truncatit)n of neck a double curve and nose short and pointed at the front, space between heail and name Round within the beaded rim. WHITTY .S: BROWN. blunt.
head
in centre
;
MAKERS SYDNEY. R.
— Standing
female
narrow on both sides
figure
folds, sea
with scales and cornucopia the drajXTV in in the backgrovuul with the lu>rizon level
and ship
NEW SOUTH WALES
in half circle of the figure. of W.VLES S and the of E. back the with levil bar scale the above, Beaded rim. well above the hand on the cornucopia.
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND
100 624.*
Penny O.
mm.
33
(n.d.).
Upset.
—Very similar head to that it touches the the head and WN.
R.— As 625.*
Penny
COINS.
No. 623, with the hair roughened at the top, so and there is httle space between O of
BROWN
No. 623.
—A
R.
— As No.
mm.
33
(n.d.).
O.
Upset.
PI. 50.
young head with pointed nose, the truncation of the neck pointed Space between head and name. to left and slightly turned up. Legend similar to No. 623. 623, but with thicker folds to the drapery on the l)ody of the
figure while those at the right side are
narrower and hardly reach WALES below
as low, the scale bar is at the top of E and the S of the hand and the head of the figure between Beaded rim. Horizon higher on left.
TH
626.*
Penny
mm.
33
(n.d.).
— As No.
R.
—As No. 623, but the horizon
623, but with an older head which reaches to the O of name, the neck is thicker with the truncation a single curve with convexity downwards and ending in a blunt point in front.
Penny O.
Beaded
(n.d).
34
mm.
higher on the
is
left
than the right of the
rim.
Upset.
PI. 50.
—As
No. 623, but a much older head with whiskers and short pointed nose. The top of the head touches O. There is a projection from the forehead perhaps the result of a damaged die. The neck is broader and the truncation a sinuous curve ending in a point in
Beaded rim.
front.
R.— As 628.*
SOUTH.
PI. 50.
0.
figure.
627.*
Upset.
of
Penny
No. 626.
(n.d.).
34
mm.
Upset.
on a plain base in the centre, with PEACE AND SYDNEY N.S.W. round within the lieaded rim.
O.— A ram
PLENTY
.
.
R.— As 629.*
Penny
(n.d.).
— As
O.
No. 626. 34
mm.
Upset.
No. 628, but with a projection from the base at the right-hand
end.
R.— As C30.*
Penny
(n.d.).
Brass.
34
mm.
Upset.
— As No. 628, with two projections from the base.
O.
R.— As 631.*
No. 626.
Penny
No. 626.
(n.d.).
y^
mm.
Upset.
— As No. 628, with three projections from the base. R. — As No. 626. O.
632
Penny O.
(n.d.).
— Within
33
mm.
Upset.
PI. 50.
an inner plain circle ONE / PENNY in two straight lines with a shart broken bar above and below. Round within the
AUSTRALASIAN JOKJiXS
A SI) COINS.
lOI
indented rim ADVANCE AUSTRALIA above and three crosses below. The hnc of the top of the h.-tters ONK if continued to the right passes well al)ove tlie second A of Al'STKALI A.
R.— As 633.*
Penny O.
No. 626.
(n.d.).
Upset.
but the rehitive position of the word ONE and the le^ind bringing the top line level with the second A of AUSTK.\LI.\
differs,
R.— As 634.*
nun.
j
j
— As No. 632,
Penny
.
No. 626. 3; nun.
(n.d.).
Ui)S(t.
— As No. 632. R. — Similar to No. 626,
I'l,
50.
O.
but witli wider folds of drapery, tlmsr
much
side ending
The
lower.
higher than on the right.
on the
horiz(»n
left
right
mm.
aliovc sea-
No. 650, with 1859 below tin- scroll. No. 650, with no legend, and 1^3.) in the e.xergue.
R.— As 05().*
34
below U,
1859.
— As
34
mm.
Normal.
No. 055, but with more
the
R.— As
commencement
I'l.
3_'.
si)ace
betwiiu the back of the
emu and
ol the legend.
No. 055.
b57-
058.
POPE & Penny
Co.
(n.d.).
l^inniugham. ^4
mm.
Normal.
Scarce.
(Pope
Ov
Co.
tecit.)
Pi.
3J.
T. M.\NUl ACTUKED BY TOKENS O.-THE AUSTRALL\N SOR. PAULS S' MAKERS. PRESS POPE & Co. (COIN ARE VERY PROl rrABLP T(^ FXPcM^T BIRMINGHAM,) cS:
,
in nine hues.
K.— Britannia
Beaded
rim.
seated with oliw branch in right hand and indent
Beaded rim.
m
kit.
AUSTRALASIAN
104 659.
HODGINS, Penny.
Cloghjordan.
William.
1858.
mm.
34
AND
TOKEI\^S
COINS.
Ireland.
Normal.
PI. 52.
0.— WILLIAM HODGINS CLOGHJORDAN rim,
R.
—A
BANKER
group
of
rose,
IRELAND
round within the beaded
straight across centre.
and
shamrock
on
as
thistle,
No.
with
497,
Beaded rim.
above, 1858 below.
This piece, though made for use in Ireland, appears to have been largely sent to Australia and freely used in currency, and hence is generally included among Australasian Tokens. 660.
HOLLO WAY, *Penny.
Professor.
O.
mm.
34
1857.
London. Normal.
— Head of the Professor to
2.
Moore
fecit).
maker's
name
(J.
left,
PI- 5\.
incuse on the truncation
of the neck, which runs to a sharp point in front just past the wiiich is below. in front and
LONDON
Small double tuft at back of neck.
behind the head.
R.— Hygeia 56i.* Penny. O.
1857.
34
n^i^i-
R.— As Penny. 0.
1857.
Penny. O.
34
i""^""^-
34 ^^^n. Normal. No. 660, with a dot in front of the front curl, the tuft at neck is Point triple and thicker, and proceeds from both head and neck. of neck past L of LONDON.
1857.
No. 660. 34 mm. Normal. No. 660, with a dot after
1857.
—As
R.— As Penny. O.
1857.
666.* Halfpenny.
O.—As R.— As Halfpenny.
O.— As R.— As
L
of
PROFESSOR LONDON.
and point
of
neck barely
No. 660. 34
—As No. 660,
R.— As
667.
Normal.
No. 660.
reaches the
665.
a triple tuft at the back of the neck.
—As
R.— As 664.
is
Triple 660, with a dot in front of the front curl on forehead. Point of tuft at neck, but proceeding entirely from the head. truncation past L.
Penny. O.
Normal.
No. 660.
— As No.
R.— As 663.
AND
— As No. 660, but the point of the neck does not pass the L of LONDON and there
562.
of
Indented rim.
with attributes, HOLLOWAY'S PILLS round above, 1857 in exergue. Indented rim.
seated
OINTMENT
L
HOLLOWAY
PROFESSOR
mm.
Normal.
but the maker's
name
is
in relief in place of
No. 660. 1857.
28
mm.
Normal.
PI. 52.
No. 660. No. 660. 28 mm. Normal. 1857. No. 665, with maker's name in
No. 660.
relief.
being incuse,
AUSTR.ILASLIX 668.* Penny.
1858.
O.— As R.— As 669.* Penny.
O.
No. 660,
dated 1858.
back ai neck.
Normal.
No. 668.
No.
mm.
34
Normal.
6()0,
O.— As R.— As
mm.
34
tliinniT,
and there
a small curl
Normal. tuii close to the (adcd
rim. 22.
A
larger thicker sheaf with the wheatears more regular and more even at the over, 18G2 .under. Beaded rim. bottom.
ADVANCE AUSTRALIA
.
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND
io8
Issuers of
Tokens
COINS.
in each State»
STATES.
New New
Tasmania.
South Wales. Zealand. Queensland.
Victoria.
Western Australia.
South Australl\.
New South 56.
Kiama. Wollongong. Sydney.
Allen, John Allen, William
Co Weight Campbell, James
25- A.S.N.
31- Battle
&
5972. Collins 95-
&
339. Macgregor, J. 369. Metcalfe & Lloyd 408. Palmer, Campbell 426. Peek
Da vies, Alexander
&Co
Goulbum. Sydney.
123. Flavelle Bros. 184. Hanks & Co.
188. Hanks & Lloyd 291. Iredale & Co. 319- Leigh, J. M. 331- Lloyd, D. F. & W. L. Wollongong.
333-
Love
&
685. Campbell, James 686. Hogarth, Erichsen
New 9.
50.
Brown &
New
Invercargill.
Ply-
mouth. Christchurch.
&
Turnbull Timaru. Auckland. Dunedin. Mieville
69. Clarkson
76.
Coombes,
S....
98. loi.
Day & De Carle,
E.,
&
142. Gaisford 143. Gilmour,
B
& Edmonds John
&
249. 263. 276. 308. 311. 321. 326.
Christchurcli.
Auckland. Christchurch.
Hobday & Jobberns
Holland & Butler ... Hurley, J., & Co. ... Jones & Williamson Kirkcaldic & Stains... Levy, Lipman Licensed Victuallers 341. Marks, Morris 354. Mason, Struthers &
Auckland.
359. McCaul, G 362. Mears, J. W.
Christchurch. New Ply363. Merrington,
mouth. Auckland.
Wellington.
Auckland.
Grahamstown. Wellington. J. M.,
&
Co 376. Milner
Auckland.
Wanganui. Dunedin.
Christchurch.
Co
Co....
130. Forsaith, T. S.
149. Gittos,
Auckland. Christchurch.
65. Clarkson, S.
T. W.,
152. Grattcn, R. ... 159. Hall, Henry J.
Christchurch.
...
c.
150. Gourlay, Co.
Beath & Co. Beaven, S. ...
62. Caro, J., & Co. 64. Clark, Archibald
J.
Auckland.
42.
Dutliic
,,
Zealand.
27. Barley, C. C.
32.
,,
Sydney.
681. Thornthwaite,
Wellington.
Anderson, D. Ashton, H.
,,
Morpeth.
.
&Co.
Wagga.
19.
...
Silver Tokens.
Wagga
Roberts
Sydney.
...
479. Smith, Peate & Co.... 578. Thornthwaite, J. C. ... 586. Toogood, A. 615. Weight & Johnson .. 623. Whitty & Brown ...
Morpeth. Bathurst.
Co.
...
B
&
... ...
Wales.
& Thompson.
Nelson. Wellington.
II
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS.
109
New Zkai.and— con/inut'rf. 387 399 435 437 443 447 470
&
Morrin
Co.
...
Aucklanfl.
Auckland 497. Sfjmerville, M. 588. Union Bakery Co. ... Christchurch. 590. United Service Hoti-I Auckland.
NEW ZEALAND PENNY. & Co. Petersen, M. Pratt, Reece, Ed Perkins
W
Smith,
S.
Hague
...
Diincdin.
...
Christcliurcli.
...
592. Wallace, J 609. Waters, E. ... f\V). Wilson, A. S.
Wellinjiton.
Auckland. Dunedin.
Auckhind.
Queensland. 43. Bell
&
Gardner
Korkliampton.
46. Brookes 49. Brookes, W. & B. 56. Buxton, J. W. 305. Jones, T. H., & Co
313.
Larcombe & Co.
]>risl)ane.
jm n-i.iiid. 364. Merry & Bush 306. Merry, T. I'., ifcCn.... ToowiMiinlxi. Kockliampton. 392. Mulli},'an, I). T. 438. Pettigrew, John. cV
bart.
II.
342. Marsh & Brother 33h. Mather. R. A. 3S4. Moir, J. 400. Nichol.is,
.\.
Waterhouse, R. S. ()2o. White. Thos.. iV Sm Westburv (qo. W.)od. W. 1). ... Hokirt. ()S(). Macintosh \' Degraves i (h)().
H.
...
Deloraine.
Hobart.
A.
Newtown.
...
VlCTORLV. 3.
II.
13. 17. 28.
30.
Adamson, Watts, McKechnie & Co... Melbourne Andrew, John, & Co. Andrew, Jno., & Co. Annand, Smitli & Co. Richmond. Barraclough Bateman.Wni., ]unr.. Warnambool. ... & Co. ... '
44. Booth,
I
Melbounu".
51. Butterworth 57. Calder. R 75. Cook. W. C 80. Ci){x\ Thos.
84. 8(1. ()o. ()i.
CV"
Co....
Castlemainc.
Sandridgo. South Yarra.
H.
Cnimbie, Clap|xM"t«>n Melbourne. (S: Findlay ... StawoU. Crothers iS: Co. IXivey, Janu n.wivlson. .\.
Cv:
Co. Sale. ...
MoUxiume.
AUSTRALASIAN TOKEXS AND COIXS.
no
Victoria 103. Dc Carle, E., & Co.... ... 106. Deeble, S. III. Dixon, James 118. Evans & Foster 120. Fenwick Brothers ... 122. Fisher 141. Froomes, W. 145. Gippsland Hardware
Co 153. Grieve, R.
...
Grundy, J. R. Hide & De Carle 254. Hodgson, A. G. 155. 227.
260.
...
Hodgson Bros.
265. Hosie, J 280. Hyde, Robt., 299. Jamieson, Co.
cS:
Co.
W. W., &
304. Jones, David 315. Lazarus, S. & S. 318. Leeson, J. D.. 320. Levy Bros. ... 353. Mason & Culley 360. McFarlane, J. 371. Miller Bros. ...
94. Davies, Alfred
650 Peace & Plenty 658 Pope & Co.
AUSTliALASlAM TOKEXS AND COISS.
Tokens,
Silver
first
token issued
silver
TH1- states that his information
was
—
AUSTRAL.! SI AX TOKENS
ii6 obtained
punch
first
later
AND
COINS.
hand, when he was himself employed by Richardson, in 1844. This into the possession of Mr. Parkin, previously referred to as an
came
Also the i)ress used, which he describes as a very assistant of Thornthwaite. " prjmiti\'e affair of the hand lever type." There is reason to believe that the process of stamping
was
assisted
by the heating
of the pieces.
Mr. Parkin expressed the opinion that the inscriptions were struck on the ring dollar
and dump by means
of a
drop-hammer or ordinary
sledge.
This would
account for the irregularity of the relative positions of the obverse and reverse, and the appearance of greater pressure on one portion of the inscription than on other,
which
is
so noticeable in
all
these pieces.
we find, in Vol. 7, p. 830 " The was known as a dump. The whole surface
Referring again to the Historical Records, piece cut out of the centre of the dollar
was cleaned and restamped.
The general
:
surface of the ring
Several distinct varieties of the coins are extant, but
made officially or by persons desirous amounting to 25 per cent."
varieties were
value,
it is
was not cleaned
not
.
known whether
.
.
these
of appropriating the increased
The principal differences in the dollars are the presence or absence of what has been described as a " dagger " or " trefoil leaf," but quite as much resembles an attempt
at
showing a "
FIVE and SHILLINGS. position of the legend
FIFTEEN PENCE
fleur-de-lis,"
On
the
and the varied distance between the words the size of the Crown varies, also the WALES on the obverse, and the words
dumps
NEW SOUTH
on the reverse.
Macquarie's Proclamation fixed the 30th September, 1813, as the date on which the dollars and dumps should be issued, but from evidence given before Commissioner Bigge it is shown that after being made they remained in the Governor's possession till the Deputy Commissary General David Allan demanded them early in 1814. His official receipt shows that he received them as follows :
Jan.
...
Walue
—
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS. During the currency of these pieces have fluctuated between placed on
its
was worth
4s. iid. in
\alue of the Spanish dollar seeias to but never reached the fictitious value In 1823, when they were recalled, the dollar
and
4s. 6d.
Ij-
tlie
5s. 6d.,
parts in this country. ICngland.
Genuine ring or holey dollars are known which have been struck from Spanish and Ferdinand \'1I, and of lIjc follow-
pieces of the reigns of Carolus III, Carolus IV,
ing dates
:
1808, 1809,
1783, 1786, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800. 1803, 1804. iH*)^. and 1810. Probably coins of other years were used, but to the present
have not been
They
listed.
are
launching, to assist which process
The
all
it is
naore or less buckled from the process of
said that they were
heated.
first-
inscriptions have been added, regardless of their falling cither on the
obverse or reverse of the original.
The Sydney Gazette of 2nd January, 1819, mentions the discovery of forged bank notes for live shillings and counterfeits of the Spanish ring dollars. On the 5th May, the same year, the Secretary of the Bank of New South Wales advertised that " Counterfeit dollars and dumps were in circulation," and gave particulars by which the counterfeits could be detected, as follows :
and dumps that are not
1.
Dollars
2.
Dollars having the holes in the centre, but without the Coloniid
silver.
stamp
uixin
them. 3.
Colonial dollars from which a portion of the silver has been
the centre 4.
(filed
or clipped),
whereby the hole
is
removed round
made considerably
larger.
Dollars bearing a counterfeit stamp intended to imitate the Colonial one
surrounding the hole
in the centre.
Many
of these
may
he detected by
the figures of the date being transposed from 1813 to 3181.
Roth mentions having seen a ring dollar made from one of Ferdinand Vil, As the reverse of the 1813, without any date to the Colonial stamp. Colonial stamp of this particular coin also differs from any of the other ring dollars Dr.
minted
in
examined, he inclines to the opinion that Class 4
by the Secretary
of the
Bank
of
New
it
is
one of the forgeries .ilhidrd to
in
South Wales.
For nine years the ring dollars and dumps were current at their marked value. and in 1822 Governor Brisbane decided to remove their enhanced value, first from the ring dollar, which had never been more than tolerated by the Colonists.
The at least a
official
tendency
returns of the
Bank
of
New
South Wales fr»)m time to time show hands rather than circulate freely.
for these pieces to get into few
In a report dated 19th Julv, 1820, the specie held by the bank consisted of /
16,680 Colonial dollars
...
7,000 Spanish dollars
...
5,900
dumps
Coppers
>
:
d.
4.170
at is. 3d.
...
£"6.301
4
5
-
.
AUSm.lLASIAX TOKENS AND COINS.
Il8
By
Proclamation, dated 25th July, the Governor ordered that the Commissary
General should receive such as were in circulation at the marked value for a period
weeks after the publication of the Proclamation was gazetted in Sydney on loth August. of six
in
Sydney and Hobart.
It
The dumps were dealt with by another Proclamation on I5tli November, when notice was given that after six weeks they would be received only as a fourth part of a Spanish dollar. In spite of these notices, that after the end of the year the fictitious value of these pieces
would end, and any accepted would only be
at the current value of
the Spanish piece, and also that they would no longer be legal tender, they are
known
have been in circulation as late as 1829. An extract from the Sydney Gazette " We understand the pierced dollars, of 2ist November, 1829, has the following with their children the dumps, now safely lodged in the Military Chest, amount What is their destination has not yet transpired, but to about £5,000 sterling. to
:
we
believe the pierced gentlemen are not to be permitted to resume their travels
in the Colony."
About 25,000
dollars
would be accounted
for in this account.
record of any issue, except that in the year 1813, and of those returned to the
Government
at the
it is
There
highly probable that
is
no
many
time of the issue of the Proclamations
were melted down or otherwise disposed of by the authorities, so that the number now accounted for would probably include all but a small fraction of those struck.
in
At the present day specimens are much sought after, and are good order fetching as mucli as £7 or /8 among collectors.
vcr}' scarce, a piece
HOLEY DOLLARS. 701.*
A
Spanish dollar of CAROLUS IIII, date 1805. PI. 55. O. The centre has been removed and the inner edge roughly milled. The words SOUTH WALES round the inner rim above and 1813 at the bottom. The words and SOUTH are closer together than SOUTH and WALES and the date 1813 is about equidistant
—
NEW
between R.
— FIVE
N
and
NEW
S.
SHILLINGS round
within the inner rim above, with a double At the junction of the two sprays a diamond-shaped dot. Each spray has six leaves, the first on the right being above the stalk and the first on the left below. The letter F is 10 mm. from the end of the spraj', and the letter S on the right 7 mm. The words FIVE and SHILLINGS are 6 mm. apart
spray of olive at the bottom.
702.*
A
Spanish dollar of CAROLUS IIII, date 1803. O. As No. 701. R. Has the words FIVE and SHILLINGS
— —
PI.
55.
much further apart, nearly 12 mm., and between them a small ornament representing probably a dagger or a fleur de-lis. The distance from the ornament to the S on the right is 4 mm., while between it and the E of FIVE is 8 mm. The spray has six leaves on each portion, and the first leaves are both above the stalks.
11
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS. 703.
A
As bef(jrc, with centre removed. No. 702. R.— As No. 701, but the words l-IX'l-: and SHILLINGS arc only 5 mm. apart.
Spanisli dollar.
—As
O.
704.
A
119
Spanish dollar of
—As No. 701. R. —As No. 702.
FERDINAND
\'II,
closer. Jx-ini:
date 1810.
O.
705.
A
Spanish dollar of CHARLI^ Melbourne 1906, 1908, 1909, and 1910; Perth 1904, 1908, and 1909. 843.
George V.
Sovereign. 0.
— Head
REX
(Designed by Bertram Mackennal.)
the truncation of the neck running (;K(JK(,IL'S V D. C. BRITT: O.MN F. D. IND: IMP: round witliin the indented rim.
of the
downwards
R.— St.
1911.
King
'-^
to left witli
to a sliarp point.
George and the Dragon as on previous issues, with date in the The designer's initials B.P. in very minute letters under
exergue. the base.
Edge milled. The piece illustrated on PI. 57, No. 843, is a pattern struck at the Melbourne Mint and bears theMint mark M on the base on the reverse. Sovereigns similar excepting date liave been issued by Sydney, Melbnt of silver reached Australia early in igio, and before
first
the end of the year the whole order was met.
All the pieces bear the (Lite 1910.
and the head of the kite lamented King Edward \'II. They were distributed through the Melbourne and Sydney Mints. Xo bronze j^ieces were mide in this year.
In 1911, again, the siher issues were repeated, with the necessary alteration and bearing the head of the present King George V, who had then succeeded
of date,
The
to the Throne.
were for the
silver issues also
pence and halfpence.
All were
mide
at the
first
time supplemented by bronze
London Mint.
Heaton & Sons was London establishment, as will be noted in The Calcutta Mint also was employed in producing some of the
In later years the assistance of the celebrated hriu of
secured to supplement the output of the detailed
list.
By
bronze issues.
enabled the
staff
immediately
after,
tlie
1916, alterations at the Melbourne Mint were completed, which
there to produce, first shillings in Januarv. florins almost sixpences by the middle of the year, and threepences in December.
All the issues of silver in that year bear the
indicate their place of origin.
Mint.
During the three
From
3'ears 1916, 1917,
from Calcutta, and at length,
Commonweath
—
Melbourne Mint mark a small M — to all sUver coins have issued from that
that time
and
1918, the bronze pieces wore procured
1919, the Melbourne Mint produced the whole issues, except the half-pence, which were struck in Svdney. The in
bronze pieces do not bear a Mint mark.
Much work has been done in Melbourne with a \iew of jiroducing a smaller and handier coin than the bronze, either of nickel or other light metal, but no dehnite decision has yet been made. The production of coins of inferior alloy, owing to the enormous appreciation in the value of siher, has also engaged the attention of the officials in Melbourne, as in other jiarls of the British Lmpire. that a depreciation in
any coins must
tlie
would apjx^ar
It
fineness of the material enijiloyed in the production of
and
e\'entually lead to a differentiation
possible loss in exch.mge.
especially while the former issues of better alloy remain in circulation. it
would seem that
all
we may surely hope that wise that
now apparently
financiers will
hnd
Florin.
1910.
—
PL
(London Mint.)
0.— EDWARDUS VH D R.
soiu',-
wav
of lessening tlie loss
looks ine\itable.
COMMONWEALTH 881.
Howevrr.
civilised countries are experiencing the s;ime ilitVirultw a\u\
:
G
:
COINS.
38.
BRITT
:
OMN
:
Ri:.\ V
:
Crowned and robed bust of King Edward to right. The Ensigns Armorial of the Commonwealth of
ONE FLORIN,
below the date. 1910.
D
:
IXD
Australia,
:
IMI'
:
above
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS.
jog 882.
1910.
Shilling.
O.— Similar
PI.
58.
to No. 881.
R— Similar to No. 881, but reading ONE SHILLING. 883.
O.— Similar R.— Similar 884.
PI. 58-
1910.
Sixpence.
Threepence.
to
No. 881.
to
No. 881, but reading
SIXPENCE.
PI. 58-
1910.
O.— Similar to No. 881.
R.— Similar 885.
Florin.
to
No. 881, but reading
THREEPENCE.
1911.
D. G. BRITT. OMN: and robed bust of King George to
O.— GEORGIUS V R. 886.
— As No.
0.— As 887.
881, except date.
No. 885.
Sixpence.
R.
1911.
No. 885.
— Similar
Threepence. R.
to
No. 883, except date.
1911.
O.— Similar 889.
IND: IMP: Cro^vned
— Similar to No. 882, except date.
O.— As 888.
F. D.
1911.
Shilling.
R.
REX left.
to No. 885.
— Similar to No. 884, except date.
Penny.
1912.
Bronze.
(Heaton
&
Sons
fecit.)
— Similar to the British penny of even date and design as the ornament centre with a two straight R. — ONE / PENNY with a florin.
O.
OF AUSTRALIA. 890.
Halfpenny.
O.— As
1912.
scroll
lines in
in
above and below, enclosed of dots between the lines.
circle double linear circle Round the edge COMMONWEALTH
in a
19 U.
Bronze.
No. 889.
No. 889, but has ONE / HALF / bar under in the inner circle.
R._As
PENNY in
three lines
and a short
In 1913, florins, shillings, pence, and halfpence were issued by the No sixpences or threepences were issued. Mint.
London
London Mint supplied all six denominations and Heaton & florins and halfpence. In 1 91 5, florins, shillings, threepences, and pence came from the London Mint, Heaton & Sons also supplying florins, shillings, pence, and ah the In 1914, the
Sons supplemented the
halfpence of that year. 891.
Florin.
1916.
0.— As No. R.— Similar
PI. 58.
(Melbourne Mint.)
885. to No. 885, with the
Melbourne Mint mark
M
under the date,
1916.
II
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS. 892.
1916.
Shilling.
O.— As
PI.
893. Sixpence.
1916.
O.— As R.— As
58.
58.
No. 887, with 191 6.
.M
under the date, 191 6.
PI. 58.
No. 885.
— As
No. 889.
No
889, with a
scroll
and date
896. Halfpenny.
O.— As
191 6.
(Calcutta Mint.)
1916.
O.— As
R.
under the date, 1916.
—As No. 888, with M under the date,
895. Penny.
R.
PI.
M
No. 885.
894. Threepence.
R.
30
No. 885.
R. As No. 886, with
O.— As
1
minute
I
(Calcutta Mint mark) under
the lower
1916.
1916.
No. 889.
—As No. 890, with a minute
I
under the lower
In 1917, and 1918, similar issues were the latter bearing the Calcutta Mint mark.
made
scroll
and date 1910.
of both silver
and bronze,
In 1919, the Melbourne Mint issued florins, sixpences, threepences, pence, No shillings were struck. The silver pieces have the usual Mint mark, but there is none on the bronze. (See PI. 58, Nos. 897 and 898.)
and halfpence. 899. Penny.
1920.
O.— As R.
—As
No. 889.
No. 889 with a minute dot
to indicate that 900. Penny.
was struck
just Ih'Iow tlu- centre of tin- li)wer scroll in
made
Meli)ourne from dies
locally.
1920.
O.—As R.
it
No. 889.
— As No. 899, that
it
but with the dot a])ove the centre of the
was struck
at the
Sydney
scroll,
indicating
^iint.
—
The Commonwealth issues bearing the date 1920, did 1920, October. not appear till after the end of the first half of the year. Six}->ences, threepences, and pence of tlie usual d(>sign were struck from dies of 1910. and it was not till September that halfpence bearing the date 1920, were issued from the Sydney Mint. About the same time pence with this date were They arc struck in Melbourne from dies prepared in that establishment. distinguished from the ordinary coins by having a minute or Ix^ad placed just below the centre of the lower scroll on the reverse, but have no regular On October 6th a similar issue was commenced in Sydney, Mint mark. the first piece being struck by Dame Margaret Davidson, wife of the State These have the or bead placed just above the centre ot the lower (lOvernor. .
.
scroll instead of below.
In
December a small coinage
Mint of the usual design.
of shillings
was made
in the
Melbourne
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS.
140
Surcharged Tokens*
THE
following
of various names, letters, or figures surcharged on tokens,
list
coins or blanks of similar size
by the
own name, and
did not consider that
many
that
now
many
added, because
These were nearly
tokens were in general use. sufficiently attracted
their
is
people carried on various trades,
that certain
&c.,
business
all
give
some evidence
during the time that
men
that were not
possible profit attached to the issue of tokens bearing
carrying therewith the responsibility of their redemption, or
mode
advertisement any great advantage.
of
There are
give no information to anyone finding them, but possibly at the initials &c., on them would be easily connected with would appear that they were probably imports from
time they were surcharged, the the issuers.
In other cases
it
the Mother Country, and only accidental.
LLOYD'S
newspaper, which were in
pure advertisements, with perhaps a
Again, there are some, as those of
probability sent out in large
all
numbers
as
chance of repaying the cost of transfer
fair
from Home, where they may have been purchased merely for the metal (they being nearly always extremely worn), and circulated in Australia at their face value. Again, some may undoubtedly be classed as " sports," having been produced merely for
amusement
to
on the Hindmarsh
made
show the ingenuity pieces,
it
of the maker, while in other cases, as
the piece current as cash, at another than
1002.
A & A &
1003.
An Anchor on Hague Smith penny.
1
001.
BULL
did signify a certain responsibility in that the suicharge its
place of origin.
S on obverse, 6 on reverse of Stokes penny.
S on one
side, 4
on the other on a blank.
1004. A.S.N. Co. over three men in a boat, on copper blank, pence and halfpence of Geo. Ill and Victoria. These have also been listed among tokens, as they have been claimed to have been current as such. 1005. J. 1006. J.
ABEY on obverse, ZZ on reverse ADKIN on Geo. Ill twopence.
1007. A. L. with
1008.
I
ALLAMBY A
1009. J.
on Robt. Hyde
&
of Geo. Ill
penny.
Co. penny.
on Miller Bros, and other pence.
Mrs. Allamby was a greengrocer at 50 East, North Melbourne, in i860.
ANNSON & CO MELBOURNE
in
a
circle, I in
&
52 Oueensberry-street
a depressed circle in centre
on a Stokes penny. loio.
AUCKLAND TOLL GATE
6d.
QUEEN
ST. on copper blank, 31
loii. B. on Alfred Nicholas penny. 1012. B. on both sides of Hide
& De
Carle penny.
1858.
1013. B. on Stokes penny. 1014. B. on obverse, B.B. on reverse on 1015. B.B. on Hide
1016.
BBB
& De
Carle penny.
on Edwd. De Carle penny.
Friedman penny. 1858.
mm.
AUSTRALASI.IM TDK ESS AND COISS.
BLACKMORE on J. lldulcrson rrccmantlc p-. HOWITT on Geo. Ill penny.
/ [Query
A.
i860.
Brother penny. J. Holland, 1855, Globe Inn, 108 Swanston -street, Mell-K-mnic. John HoHand, 1861, Stock Hotel, 288 Elizi\beth-street, Melbourne.
HOLLAND
Till. T.
Carle penny.
on Parker penny.
105. J.
mo.
De
on Warburton penny. Tinsmith and plumber, Swan-street, Richmoml.
1
1109. M.
Cv
HARRIS
1
1108.
on Hidc>
& :
penny,
/
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS
I^^ II 12. C.
iiij. C. 1 1 14.
C.
1 1 15.
C.
iiig. C. 1
120. C.
1
121. C.
1
122. J.
HYDE on Butterworth penny, HYDE on Cope penny. HYDE on Levy Bros, penny. HYDE on Miller Bros, penny. HVDE on Hide & Dc Carle halfpenny. HYDE on A. G. Hodgson halfpenny. HYDE on Stokes penny. HYLAND on Kangaroo Office halfpenny.
JENKINS ADELAIDE on Martin & Sach penny, and others. JENKINS AUCTIONEER ADELAIDE on Holloway penny, and others. JOHNSON & CO MELBOURNE round edge, I in circle in centre, on a blank. Johnson & Co., importers of photo, goods, 62 Little Collins-street,
1123. C. 1
124. C.
1
125.
and Emerald 1126. 1
127.
Hill.
JOHNSON & CO MELBOURNE W. JULER on Geo. Ill penny.
as No. 1125, on Geo. Ill penny.
1128. A.K. on Holloway 1858, penny. 1129. J.E.K. on 1130. J.
KELLY
Holloway 1857, penny. on Geo. Ill penny.
1137. R.K. on Butterworth penny.
KELLY on Geo. Ill Irish halfpenny'. W. KERNOT on Parker penny. W. KERNOT on McFarlane penny. W. KERNOT on obverse; W.H.K. on reverse Parker penny. \V. KERNOT on obverse; W.H.K. on reverse on IMcFarlane penny. W. H. KERNOT CHILWELL on obverse; in large letters on Thos.
1
138. T.
1
139.
1 1 40.
1141. 1
142.
1
143.
White
penny. 1
144.
KERNOT CHILLWELL
on obverse, W.H.K. on reverse of Holloway 1857,
penny. 1145.
KERNOT
/W KERNOT /CHILLWELL /W.H.K.
from the centre on obverse & Co. penny, and others.
W. H. Kemot was descendants 1146.
KING
;
CHILLWELL
in four lines radiating
on reverse of Annand, Smith
a chemist at Chillwell, Geelong, and some of his
still
reside there.
on several tokens. King, restaurant, 25 William-street, INIelbourne. N. King, 1856, tobacconist, 89 Bourke-street East. Peter A. King, Crown Hotel, High-street, Prahran. J.
1
147.
1148. 1
149.
11
50.
KING under a crown on Robt. Hyde & Co. KING under a Crown on Robt. Hyde & Co. AL with I above on R. Hyde & Co. penny. J. LEE on Parker penny. Broker,
1151. 1152.
17 Queen-street,
Melbourne.
1855.
penny. halfpenny, and others.
1858.
LLOYDS WEEKLY NEWSPAPER THREEPENCE on Geo. LLOYDS WEEKLY NEWSPAPER THREEPENCE on reverse penny.
Ill penny.
on Geo.
Ill
AV ST HA I.ASIAN TOKF.NS 1153.
A SI) COINS.
LLOYDS WEEKLY NEWSPAPER THREEPENCE
I
on Geo.
Ill
45
penny
1806.
1156.
LLOYDS WEEKLY NEWSPAl'i:!^ THREEPENCE on Geo. Ill halfpenny LLOYDS WEEKLY NEWSPAPER THREEPENCE on Irish halfpenny. LLOYDS PENNY SUNDAY TIMES on Geo. Ill penny.
1
A.M. 27 on Melbourne penny.
1154. 1155.
157.
on several
tokens.
1 158.
J.M.
1
W.M. on G. McCaul penny. W.M. on Stokes penny. W.H.M. on Grieve penny. W.H.M. on Stokes penny.
159.
1
160.
1
161.
1
162.
1
163. A.
1 164.
165. R.
1
166. G.
1168. 1
169.
11
70.
Stokes penny.
on Parker penny.
McDonald cm. both sides of Smith, Peate & Co. penny. MITCHELL / M R C V S imce on a Mulligan penny. MITCHELL / M R C V S on both sides of T. H. Jones Co. penny. N in a serrated circle on both sides of Hanks & Lloyd penny. N in a serrated circle on both sides of Smith, Peate & Co. penn\-. N in a serrated circle on botli sides of J. Brickhill penny.
1
1167.
McBAIN on McBEAN
CHS.
cS:
1171. N. in a serrated circle on both sides of Melbourne penny. 1172. N. in a serrated circle on both sides of 1
173.
MN
Murray
&
Christie penny.
on McFarlane penny.
1174.
ABE NATHAN
1 1 75.
No. on Parker penny.
o
on Hobday
& Jobbems
penny.
1176. No. on Stokes penny. 1177. R. 1
178.
NURSE
on Holloway and English pence, and
OWEN & SONS
on Holloway 1857 penny.
1179.
P on
1180.
T182.
W.P. on Warburton penny. W.P. on Hide & Dc Carle penny. W.P. on Stokes penny.
1183.
W.P. 6 on obverse,
1184.
PATTISON PATTISON
1181.
1185.
also old half-crowTi.
Thos. White penny.
right, left
WP on
1857.
reverse of
Andrew halfpenny.
GUNMAKER / SYDNEY in three lines on Geo. Ill jx-nny. / GUNMAKER / SYDNEY in three lines, with a large letter
/
top and bottom, on Geo. Ill penny.
On
reverse 1S41, 16 in
two
lines.
Pattison lived in King-street, Sydney, in 1848. 11
86.
W.
PLANK
1
187.
O
1
188.
C P or C
1
189. D.
1
190.
on a zinc blank.
on a Campbell penny.
R
three times on Whitty
& Bro\m
POWER
penny.
/ a basket of flowers / J. MACINTOSH with a bunch of leaves above and below on obverse of a Tasmanian penny.
R.R very »t5i5-K
large
on A. Toogood penny.
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COlNS
146 1
191.
R
1
192.
CP
times on old English penny.
five
R
W.
on
A. Jarvey penny. Friedman penny.
1193. G.P.R. on 1
194.
1195. 1
RR
on zinc blank.
p p on
a sixpence, filed smooth.
R / No. 7 in two lines on Geo. Ill penny. RIDLEY on Geo. Ill penny ROBERTS on both sides of Geo. Ill penny. T. ROBINSON / BREWER / MELBOURNE
196. J
1197. J.
1198. 1199.
in
three lines on Annand,
Smith penny. In 1859 Robinson
&
Co. were ale merchants at 122 Collins-street West,
Melbourne. 1200.
USE ROGER'S LOTION
1201. S. 1202. S. 1203. S.
ROW ROW ROW
&c. on Geo. Ill penny.
on McFarlane penny. on Hedberg halfpenny. on Holloway penny.
1204. S twice on Robt.
Hyde &
1205. S. on T. F. Merry
&
1857.
Co. penny.
Co. penny.
& Dc Carle penny. & Thompson penny. T SALISBURY / ENGRAVER / & STAMPCUTTER
1206. S
& F
on Hide
1207. J S on Milner
1208.
in
three lines on
Brookes penny. 1209. J.
S^IITH on Gippsland penny. times on Holloway penny.
1211.
SMITH three W SMITH on
1212.
Shamrock or vine
1213.
A STRETTON on Melbourne penny. W STOW on HoHoway penny. 1857. In i860, a W. Stow was a carpenter and
1210. J
1214.
Gippsland penny. leaf incuse
with three pellets
in relief.
undertaker at Gore-street, Coilingwood in 1862 at Gore-street, Fitzroy and a little later at 169 Smith-street and St. David-street, Fitzroy. ;
This
is
;
also said to refer to
1215.
SUSSEX ARMS
1216.
T
1217.
HT
curve above,
in
D
W. Stow
of Adelaide.
over a large figure 8 in centre on a blank.
twice on a Melbourne penny.
on Hide
& De
Carle penny.
1858.
1218. J.T. on Hosie penny. 1219. J.T. twice on obverse, once on reverse of G.
& W. Rocke
penny.
1220. J.T. with ornamental design between on Holloway penny. Which 1857. is also surcharged J. T. in three lines. / / 1221. J. T. 1222. J. T.
THOMAS THOMAS
/
THOMAS AGENT GEELONG AGENT / GEELONG on Holloway penny. 1857. AGENT / GEELONG in tln-ee lines of smaller letters
/ Holloway penny.
1223.
THOMAS
/
AGENT
1857. /
GEELONG
on Holloway penny.
1857.
on
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND 1224.
THOMAS
1225.
TILLY
/ AGENT / GEELONG / on HoUoway penny. 1857.
1226. J
.
BULLS CREEK
in a circle
.
COINS.
KERxNOT on
J.
I
/
147
CHII.LWELL
Lowell penny.
in five line
S<juth Australia.
TOWNSEND J.
on Parker penny. Townsend, fruiterer, 125 Elizabeth-street and
Little Bourke-street,
East Melbourne.
1228.
TREGEA on zinc blank. U on Milner & Thompson
1229.
V
1227.
1230. J 1231.
1232. 1233.
penny,
on Ryland penny.
M
on Deeble penny.
V G V on R. A. Mather penny. R VINCENT on Parker penny. A WALKER on Rocke penny.
Mentioned
in Berliner Miniizhlaltcr.
In 1855 A. Walker, merchant, 99^ Collins-street West. In 1858, 91 Flinders-street and 118 Collins-street West.
WALKER
1234.
A
1235.
W
1236.
EW on
on Stokes penny.
on Butterworth penny, Cook's surcharged Geo. Ill penny, and on reverse
1238.
W. WATSON on Hide & De Carle penny. W. WATSON on Parker penny. In 1856-8 W. Watson, carpenter, 125
1239.
W.H. on Geo.
1237.
1240. 1241.
1243. 1244. 1245.
w
1858.
Lat robe-street West.
Ill penny.
W W twice on Geo. Ill penny. W J WAUGH on Toogood penny. In 1855 J.
1242.
F P
W. Waugh,
carpenter,
&.C.,
65 Stephen-street.
WILLS on Melbourne halfpenny. WILSON / ENGRAVER / 390 PITT ST in three lines on Davies. Alexander & Co. penny. WILSON / ENGRAVER / 390 PITT ST in three lines on Hanks & Co. ^x^nny. WILSON / ENGRAVER / 390 PITT ST in three lines on Hanks & Lloyd penny.
1855.
/ ENGRAVER / 390 halfpenny. 1855.
1246.
WILSON
1247.
WILSON
/
ENGRAVER
/
PITT ST
390
three lines on
in
PITT ST
in
Hanks
cS;
Lloyd
three lines on four varieties ot
Iredale pence.
1248.
WILSON
/
ENGRAVER
/ 390
PITT ST
in throe lines
on Smith. Peate
&
Co.
penny.
1250.
WILSON WILSON
1251.
WILSON
1249.
/
ENGRAVER / 390 PITT ST in three lines on A. Toogood penny. ENGRAVER / 390 PITT ST in three lines on Weight & Johnston
/
ENGRAVER
/
/
ENGRAVER
/ 390
/
penny. 390
PITT ST
in
tluve lines on Robt.
Hvde
cS:
penny. 1252.
WILSON
PITT ST
in three lines
on Stokes penny.
Co.
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS.
148
1255.
WILSON / ENGRAVER / 390 PITT ST in three lines on Friedman penny, WILSON / ENGRAVER / 390 PITT ST in three lines on Friedman halfpenny. WILSON / ENGRAVER / 390 PITT ST in three hnes on Holloway peni?y.
1256
WILSON
1253. 1254.
/
penny. 1257.
WILSON
/
penny. 1258.
ENGRAVER
PITT ST
/ 390
in three lines
on Holloway
half-
1857.
ENGRAVER
&
/ 390
PITT ST
in three lines
on Peek
in three lines
on Marsh
Campbell
1853.
/
ENGRAVER
/ 390
PITT ST
/
ENGRAVER
/ 390
PITT ST
WILSON
&
Brother
penny. 1259.
WILSON
/
SYDNEY
in four lines
tokens 1260. J. F.
1261. D.
WALSH GUNNIGAR
WOOD
1262
VZ
1263
J
X M
on copper blank hke old halfpenny.
on Mather penny.
on Petty penny. on Deeble penny.
V
1264. 1859 on
Holloway penny.
1265. 1862 on
Henry penny.
1857.
1266. 1863 on Parker penny. 1267. 414 on blank, with
Iredale reverse
1268. 414 on penny, with blank reverse
1269. 65. 1270. 2714 on Ashton
penny
1271. 37 on Harrold Bros, penny. 1272. 20 on both sides of Hedberg halfpenny
1273. 2 on 1274. J.
Thomas halfpenny
HAND
on Geo. Ill penny.
1797
on several
-
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS.
149
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38 Vic. .No.
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•
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS.
154
New South Wales— (iovcnwr-in-Council 5 Geo. IV, No.
— Ads. —
28th September, 1824.
i,
dollars to be as valid as
if
[All bills
drawn payable
in
and notes payable
money
of the
in
Spanish
Realm.]
[Repealing the above, sterling money to 7 Geo. IV, No. 3, I2th July, 1826. supersede Spanish dollars, British copper money to be a legal tender.] 2
W'm. IV, No. the
Realm
loth Feb., 1832.
6,
in place of
[Fines, &c., to be paid in sterhng
money
of
Spanish dollars.]
[Regulating the currency in N.S.W. of gold and 18 Vic. No. 39, 2nd Dec, 1854. silver coin issued from the Branch of the Royal Mint in Sydney, repealed
by the
following.]
ig Vic. No. 3, i8th July, 1855.
and
tender, weight
*
Westgarth, William. colonial
New
Wales
South castle to
d
V.
at Sydney, with
commerce.
Kingdom
and colonial coins to be the only same as at the London Mint.]
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— Remarks upon the proposed branch of the Royal Mint about
commenced
to be
[British
fineness to be the
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its
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in
current in Australia
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probable relations to
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of
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(A'.S.I^.
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New South Wales
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V.
W. W.
Kingdom
Davies,
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at Govt.
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1853.
Fol.
pp.
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5,
Syd.
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P., 1853, p. 403.)
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Sir
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111.
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pp. 179-187.) * Cripps,
A.
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A.
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copper tokens
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{livening
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2nd November,
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years ago.
{Evening News,
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29th June, 1907.)
W. —-Australia's
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August,
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aiul
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Siegelkunde
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Hobart
Town
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ijtli
March,
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-
AVSTliALAStAN TOKEKS AND COINS.
158
Many importance
of the following references to
in connection
paragraphs in the Sydney Gazette are of
with the early history of currency in
New South Wales
:
—
Introduction of the copper currency mentioned in a letter to the Printer of
Sydney
p. I.)
24th December,
General order,
(29-12-1805,
General order,
concerning usurious sale of dollars.
1804,
p. I.)
November, 1806, declaring the
ist
" currency."
Copper coins
j).
25th October, 1804, declaring value of coins in circulation.
(28-10-1804,
(2-11-1806, p.
signification of the
term
i.)
to the value of £^ declared
(22-9-1810, p. Articles
(1-5-1803, p.
Gazette.
General order,
by
Court to be
still
legal tender-
payable in copper coin.
(6-6-1S12,
Civil
2.)
on the proclamation regarding
Bills
P- 3-)
Article
on
Reduction
traffic in Bill
Money.
(10-10-1812, p.
in the price of sterling
Diflerence between sterling
(24-10-1812,
money.
2.)
(17-10-1812,
p. 2.)
money and currency determined
at 20 per cent.
p. 2.)
Scarcity of sterling money.
(27-2-1813, p.
Governor Macquarie's proclamation
2.)
re holey dollar
and dump.
(3-7-1813,
p. I.)
General order declaring that
must be paid
all
purchases
Government pubHc notice (29-4-1815, p.
re
consolidation of
and
re consolidation of dollars
Letter from
Scrutator " re issue of notes.
Government
store receipts.
(4-11-1815, p.
Answer to above by " Advocatus." (11-11-1815, Reply by " Scrutator." (18-11-1815, pp. i, 2.) Answer by " Marcus
Government
i.)
colonial
specie.
Letter
by
Letter
by
"
" re currency.
(25-5-1816, p.
(9-11-1816, p.
(8-7-1815, p. 2.)
(25-11-1815,
p. 2.)
2.)
2.)
Proclamation that no promissory note of other or less than sterling value be current or negotiable. (23-11-1816, p. i; 30-11-1816, p. i.) Resolutions at public meeting on a sterling currency.
General order that
all
General order, no issue of store receipts (13-2-1819, p. Letter
by
''
(30-11-1816,
sterling value.
— payment in
"
to
p. 2.)
on currency.
(17-5-1822,
(7-12-1816, p.
silver or
I.)
Mercator
is
copper money in circulation in the Colony to be rated
advance of the English
at 50 per cent, in
i.)
p. 2.)
" to first letter of " Scrutator."
" Observer " re currency.
Amicus
of
(25-3-1815, p.
I.)
General order ''
made on account
in dollars or in store receipts.
p. 4.)
i.)
Treasury notes-
AND
AVSTtiAI.ASlAN TOKENS Replies to " Mercator."
Number
of dollars
(24-5-1822,
p.
3; 31-5-1822,
imported per Ninirod.
(19-7-1822,
Discussion on value of Spanish dollars.
19-7-1822,
p.
4; 26-7-1822,
Proclamation, 25th July, 1822, concerning dollars.
1
59
p. 2.)
p. 4.)
(14-6-1822,
4; 2-8-1822,
p.
COINS.
5-7-1822,
4;
p.
p.
4;
p. 4.)
(2-8-1822, p.
i.)
Notice, calling attention to the above proclamation, prohibiting circulation of
holey dollar.
(23-8-1822,
Controversy about dollars.
p. 3.)
(6-9-1822, supp.)
Governor from landlords and merchants, &c., and
Petition to the
(30-8-1822,
Letters discussing the petition and reply.
Government
his reply.
p. 2.)
notice re quarter-dollar or
Government and general
order,
or pierced dollars issued
(20-9-1822,
dump.
27-9-1822,
3;
p.
(29-11-1822,
p. 3.)
p. i.)
31st December, 1822, re circulation of Colonial
by Governor Macquarie.
(2-1-1823, p.
i.)
Public warned against the circulation of dollars with holes punched through
them.
(30-1-1823,
p. 4.)
Government and general (6-2-1823,
order,
5th February,
1823,
relating to
currency.
p. I.)
Discussion of the currency question in a letter to the Editor.
(6-2-1823, PP-
2-3.)
Article on the value of the dollar.
(13-2-1823,
p. 2.)
Notice from Commissarial Office declaring value of dollars.
Leaden dumps and bad sixpences stated to be (20-11-1823,
(24-4-1823,
p. i.)
plentiful, in a letter to the Editor.
p. 4.)
Notices from Connnissarial Office declaring value of Spani^h dollar, Colonial dollar
and dump.
(22-7-1824,
p. i;
Proclamation on currency of the Colony.
Government public
notice declaring
21-11-1825,
p. i
(30-9-1824,
p. i.)
value of Spanish
;
12-12-1825.
dollars.
p. i.)
(7-7-1825,
p. I.)
Value of rupee.
(12-12-1825, pp. 2-3;
Government and general weights, and value of
order,
on Bank
of
New
31st December,
specie imported.
Scarcity of dollars and value of Article
15-12-1825,
bank
p. i
1825,
;
22-12-1825,
P- -•)
referring to coinage,
(5-1-1826, pp. 1-2.)
notes.
(16-8-1826, p.
South Wales and circulation of
2.)
dollars.
(26-8-1826,
p. 2.)
Comment on Commissarial Department's dumps.
Government
Bank
of
New
(30-8-1826,
refusal to receive holey dollars
p. 2.)
notice re currenc}'.
(2-9-1826,
South Wales and currency.
p. i.)
(6-9-1826,
p. 2.)
and
AUSTRALASIAN TOREK S AND
l6o Arrival
twenty thousand pounds
of
(29-11-1826,
COINS.
British
in
specie
by H.M.S.
p. 2.)
Description of one of the coins imported by H.M.S. Success.
Shipment
£8,250
of
(17-1-1827,
Ten tons
board
on
the
Success
(3-2-1827, p.
Van
for
p. 2.)
Land.
Diemen's
for the use of the Colony.
2.)
Spurious coin in circulation.
(15-10-1828,
p. 2.)
Current value of dollars, dumps, and rupees. Letters, &c., re value of dollars.
Republication of
(9-12-1826,
p. 2.)
copper coins brought by the Brottiers
of
Success.
all official
(3-12-1829,
(21-11-1829, p.
2.)
p. 3.)
orders relating to the dollar currency.
(22-12-1829,
pp. 1-2.)
Current value of dollars and dumps.
(2-12-1830,
Current value of dollars and dumps.
(7-12-1830, p.
Gold and
silver coin
Bad money
p. 2.) 2.)
exported from England to the Colonies.
in circulation.
(11-4-1837,
(1-9-1836, p.
4.)
p. 2.)
MANUSCRIPTS, ETC. *
New South
Wales, — Government
Printer.
[Volume containing photographs, by the Government collections,
* Gullick,
Printer, of coins
of the
Cakes and Dixson
William Applegate.—
[Collection of photographs illustrating the origin of Australian tokens, 1914.]
* Hull,
and tokens
1916.]
A. F. Basset.— Colonial currency.
8vo.
Arms, among which are examples
338
ff.
[c.
of coins
and
1892].
[A MS. volume, giving a detailed history and description of the currency from 1812 to 1852. A copy of this inrUuifd in typescript notes of Australasian tokens, &c., by VV. E. Roth and A. F. B. Hull.]
*
Roth, Walter Edmund.
— Catalogue of Austrahan tokens.
4to.
123
ff.
Roth, Walter
Edmund
;
1892].
[c.
.\ copy of this [\ MS. catalogue of tokens issued in the six States of Australia and in New Zealand. in typescript notes on Australasian tokens, &c., by W. E. Roth and A. F. B. Hull.]
is
is
included
and Hull, A. F. Basset.— Typescript notes on Australasian and currency.
tokens, coins, patterns, [This
is
MS *
the work in the possession of Mr. William Dixson, mentioned in the Preface as such notes and catalogue, in 2 vols, of which fhis is a copy, are in the Mitchell Library.
a valuable aid.
Macquarie, Lachlan.— Despatch addressed to the Earl of Bathurst, 29th March, 1817, giving a history of the colonial currency.
*
Macquarie, Lachlan.
—-Despatches
to the Earl of Bathurst, Secretary of State for
the Colonies, with reference to the introduction of the Holey Dollar and
Dump,
28th June, 1813, 28th Arpil, 1814.
Proposed Circulating Medium for New South Wales. [Bonwick Transcripts, Misc. 292.)
Anon.
Fol.
7 pp.
[c.
1804].
[Transcript of an unsigned, undated document in the Record Office, London. It contains suggestions for remedying the existing unsatisfactory state of the currency, by the issue of coins and tokens, and the creation of a Government Bank of Exchange.]
—
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AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND
i6i
COINS.
INDEX.
Abrahams, L, 24-27. Adamson, Watts, McKechnie & Co., 25, Adelaide Ingot and Pound pieces, 120.
Coard, 14, 15, 16. 27.
Coins current in early days, 129. List, 129.
Values fixed, 129.
Allen, John, 11, 23.
&
Allen, William, 11, 28.
Collins
Allen and Moore, 14, 15. Alliance Tea Co., 28.
Commonwealth Coins Act providing
for,
136
Design, 136.
Anderson, D., 28.
Andrew, John & Co., 28. Andrew, Jno. & Co., 24, 29. Annand, Smith & Co., 6, 11,
Detailed
list,
137.
Latest issues, 139. Cook, W. C, 36.
29.
Coombes, Samuel,
Ashton, H., 29. A.S.N. Co., 30. Australian Gold Coins, 131.
Cope,
Thomas
36.
H., 37.
Die-sinkers, 132.
Copper Tokens, 6, 8, 27. Crocker and Hamilton, 37. Crombie, Clapperton and Fmdlay.
History, 131.
Crothers
List, 132.
Currency,
Assay value, 131,
Standard
Cut
fixed, 132.
Australian Pattern Shilling and Sixpence, 127.
C,
Barley, C.
30.
Barraclough, 30.
Bateman, William, junr., & Co Battle and Weight, 31. Beath, G.
Beaven, Bell
Co., 36.
L..
&
,
31.
Co., 31.
S., 24, 32.
and Gardner,
11, 32.
Booth, I., 32. Boulton & Sons, 1,3. Brickhill, Joseph, 32.
British Silver scarce,
i
Brookes, 33. Brookes, W. and B., 33.
Brown, Morgan, 124, 125. Brown and Duthie, 33. Butterworth, T., & Co., 33. Buxton, J. W., 34.
Campbell, James, Caro,
J.,
&
2. 5
Davey, James, & Davidson, A., 38.
Co., 38.
Davies, Alfred, 39. Davies, Alexander
Day and
&
Co., 39.
Mieville, 39.
Dease, E. F., 39. Decimal Coinage proposed,
De De De De
37.
Co., 38.
dollars,
3.
& Co., Dunedin, 40. Carle, E., & Co., Melbourne, 23, 40. Carle, E. & Co., Melbourne and Plenty, Carle, Edward & Co., Melbourne, 40.
Carle, E.,
Dixon, James, 41.
Dumps,
4.
Detailed List, 119. History, 115.
Withdrawal, 118.
Evans and Fenwick
Calder, R., 34.
&
'
Foster, 42.
Bros., 42.
Fisher, 42. 11, 34, 112, 113.
Co., 34.
Checks and medalets,
7.
Flavelle Bros.
&
Co., 24, 42.
Fleming, J. G., 43. Foreign Coins current in early days,
Clark, Archibald, 35.
Forsaith, T.
Clarkson,
Friedman, L, 44. Froomes, W., 44.
S., 35.
Clarkson and Turnbull, 35.
S., 43.
2.
40.
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND
l62 Gaisford and Edmonds, 45. Gilmour, John, 45.
Gippsland Hardware
&
Dies
list,
now
in
125.
Melbourne, 125.
History, 124 Kirkcaldie and Stains, 64.
Co., 46.
Gratten, R., 46. Grieve, R., 46,
Grundy,
Office Issues, 124.
Detailed
Co., 45,
Gittos, B., 45.
Gourlay
Kangaroo
COINS.
Lane, Joseph, and Son,
Leeson,
J. D., 64.
Leigh, John, 65. Levy Brothers, 25, 65.
Hall, H. J., 47. Hall, Henry J., 47.
Hanks & Compy., Hanks and Lloyd, Heaton and Sons,
13, 103.
Larcombe & Co., 64. Lazarus, S. and S., 64.
J. R., 25, 46.
Levy, Lipman, 65. Licensed Victuallers, 65. Lipscombe, H., 65.
49. 50. 14.
Love and Roberts,
Hedberg, O. H., 50. Henderson, John, 26, 52. Henry, R., 24, 53. Henry, Samuel, 54.
Macgregor,
J., 13,
66.
67.
Macintosh and Degraves, 5, iii, 112. Marks, Morris, 67. Marsh, H. J., and Brother, 26, 68.
Henshall, William, 115.
Hide and De Carle, 54. Hind marsh Hotel, 56. Hobday and Jobberns, 56
Martin, John, 68. Martin and Sach, 69.
Dollars, 4 115. Forgeries, 117.
Mason and CulLey, 69. Mason, Struthers & Co., 69. Mather, R. A., 69. McCaul, George, 70. McFarlane, J., 70. Mears, J. W., 70.
History, 115.
Medallists, 14.
Hodgins, William, 104. Hodgson, A. G., 57.
Hodgson
Bros., 57.
Hogarth, Erichsen
&
Co., 14, 16, 112, 113, 114.
Holey
Their Issues,
List, ITS.
Number and
value,
1
16
18.
M. & Co., Merry and Bush, 71. Merry, T. F. & Co., 71. Metcalfe and Lloyd, 71. Merrington,
Manufacture, 11;.
J.
Withdrawal, 118. Holland and Butler, 58. Hollo way, Professor, 104.
Miller Brothers, 72.
Hosie,
Miller
J., 58.
Howell, John, 59. Hurley, J., & Co., 59.
71.
and Dismorr, 72. Milner and Thompson, 72. Mints
—
Melbourne, 132.
Hutton, G., 24, 60. Hyde, Robert, & Co., 60.
Perth, 132.
Sydney, 131.
Introduction,
Miscellaneous Tokens, 103. Moir, Joseph, 7, 12, 73.
i.
&
Co., 6r.
Issuers of
Tokens
Iredale
in
each State, 108
Jamieson, W. W., & Co., 62 Jarvey, W. Andrew, 62. Jones, Da\ad, 63.
Morgan, William, 73. Morrin & Co., 73. Moubray, Lush & Co., 74. Mulligan, D. T., 74. Murray and Christie, 74,
New
Zealand Penny,
15, 75.
Jones and Williamson, 63.
Nicholas, A., 75. Nicholas, Alfred, 25, 75 Nichols, George, 75.
Josephs, R., 63.
Nokes, James, 76.
Jones, T. H.,
&
Co., 63.
.
.
.
—
:
—
AUSTRALASIAN TOKENS AND COINS Palmer,
li.,
Stokes, T., 88.
76.
Paper money,
163
Stokes and Martin, Surcharges, 140.
4.
Parker, R., 76. Parkin, George, 10.
Sydney Mint,
14,
17, 93.
131.
Payne, Joshua, 121. Peace and Plenty tokens, 103. Peck, Hugh,
Taylor, Alfred, 93. Taylor, J. 93.
79.
Peek, II.
Peek and Campbell,
&
Perkins
Taylor,
78.
tS:
Todman,
Co., 80.
14, 15.
Brass, 10.
Co., 14, 15, 103.
Pratt, W., 80.
Bronze,
8.
Copper,
8.
Definition, 9.
Reece, Edward, 81.
Detailed List, 27.
Ridler, R. B., 82.
Milled, 10.
Robison Bros. & Co., 82. Rocke, G. and W. H., 83. Roth and Hull, 10, 124. Ryland, G., 83.
Use and abuse, 9. Withdrawn, 13. Toogood, A., 95.
Union Bakery Sawyer,
J., 24, S3.
Co., 95.
United Service Hotel, 96.
Scaife, Reginald, 124, 125.
Silver Tokens, iii S. Hague, 84. Smith and Kemp, 14,
Wallace, James, 97.
Smith,
&
Smith, Peate
Warburton,
15.
War nock
Co., 84.
Somerville, N., 86.
Southward and Sumpton, Divisions
87.
3.
of, tried, 4.
Basis of Exchange,
5
Stead, Brothers, 87.
Stewart and Stokes,
Hemmant,
Thomas,
87.
Wilson, A. G., 102.
11, 17, 88.
Purchases Taylor's Plant,
T., 97. Bros., 97.
Waterhouse, R. S., 98. Watson, W. & Co., 98. Watson, W. R. & Co., 98. Waters, Edward, 98. Weight and Johnson, 98. White, Thomas, and Son, 99. Whitty and Brown, 14, 16, 23, 09. Williams, J. W. and G., 10 1.
Shreeve, Noah, 86.
Spanish Dollars,
93.
Co., 94.
Tokens
Petty, George, 80.
Pope &
J., 14, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25,
Thornthwaite, J. C. 6, 10, 12.26,94, "2, 113 Thrale and Cross, 24, 95.
Perth Mint, 132. Petersen, W., 80.
Pettigrew, John,
W.
Thomas, T. W.. &
Co., 79.
Wire money,
i
Wood, W.
Reverses, 105.
i.
D., 102.
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