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Token - 1 Penny, Hugh Peck, Estate Agent & Money Lender, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1862
Reg. No: NU 4223
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- Summary:
- Copper one Penny Token, minted by Thomas Stokes in Melbourne. Issued by Hugh Peck, an Estate Agent & Money Lender in Melbourne, circa 1862. Hugh Peck arrived in Victoria in 1852 and established a wholesale hay and corn store in Fitzroy. In 1853 opened a business as 'speculator, auctioneer, and house and land agent' in city. In 1859 he was listed as a Provision Merchant in Collingwood, then as a 'House and estate agent' in 1861. He issued his tokens in 1862.
- Description:
- A round a copper token (34 mm diameter) giving the name address and business of the issuer: Hugh Peck, 67 Little Collins Street East, Melbourne, Estate Agent, money lender, Hotel Broker and valuer, rents and debts collector, processes served, levies for rents.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 34 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 15.269 g (Weight) |
More information
| Tagged with: | debt collection, estate agents, hotels |
| Themes this item is part of: | Hugh Peck, Shop Keeper & Money Lender, Melbourne, Victoria (circa 1824-1904), Numismatics & Philately Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales, Eugene von Guerard, Artist (1811-1901), Eugene von Guerard Collection |
| Primary Classification: | TRADE TOKENS |
| Secondary Classification: | Australia - Victoria |
| Tertiary Classification: | working strikes |
| Series: | Trade Tokens |
| DateEra: | circa 1862 AD |
| Denomination: | 1 Penny |
| Obverse Description: | Legend in 10 lines: 67 LITTLE COLLINS STREET EAST / ESTATE AGENT / & MONEY / LENDER / HUGH PECK / HOTEL BROKER / & VALUATOR / ESTABLISHED / 1853 / MELBOURNE |
| Reverse Description: | Legend in 9 lines: 67 LITTLE COLLINS STREET EAST / RENTS & DEBTS / COLLECTED / HUGH PECK / PROCESS SERVED / LEVIES FOR RENT / ESTABLISHED / 1853 / MELBOURNE |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: HUGH PECK 67 LITTLE COLLINS STREET EAST MELBOURNE ESTATE AGENT & MONEY LENDER HOTEL BROKER & VALUATOR ESTABLISHED 1853 Reverse: HUGH PECK 67 LITTLE COLLINS STREET EAST MELBOURNE RENTS & DEBTS COLLECTED PROCESS SERVED LEVIES FOR RENT ESTABLISHED 1853 |
| Shape: | Round |
| Material: | Copper |
| Issued By: | Hugh Peck, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1862 |
| Mint: | Stokes (Mint), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1862 |
| Previous Collection: | Eugene von Guerard, pre 1880 |
| References: |
-Gardner, F.. "Trade tokens and the firms who issued them." The Australian Storekeepers and Traders Journal. 31 May 1912: p. 10 ; -PROV internet index of Unassisted Immigrants to Victoria, 1852 - 1923. VPRS 7666; -Sharples, J.. "Catalogue of Victorian Trade Tokens." Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia. Vol. 7. December 1993: pp.53 - 54. -Advertisement. The Argus. 26 November 1861: p. 7; -Hope, John, Biography of Hugh Peck. Unpublished MSS. 2005: 1pp. Two die setting are known with this die combination: 12 (this token) and 06 (NU 29347). This suggests that Peck made two orders from Stokes. It has been suggested that the reverse die may have failed during the second order and was replaced to complete it with a Stokes stock Arms reverse (see NU 4226). |
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