Electrotype Ingot Replica - 5 dwt 5 gr, Adelaide Assay Office, South Australia, Australia, 1852 (Late Copy)

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Summary:: Australia South Australia Adelaide
Electrotype copy of 5 DWT 5 GR Ingot 1852
Mint: Adelaide Assay Office
Gold plated

The obverse markings state that (the original) ingot was 23 1/8 carats and weighed 5 dwt 5 gr which gave it the equivalent in 22 carat gold of 5 dwt 11 gr.
Description:: A gold plated electrotype copy of an Adelaide Assay Office ingot stamped with: Crown over SA 1/8 23 CARATS at left, and on the right within a circle:WEIGHT OF INGOT / OZ. DWT. GR / 0 5 5 / EQUIV.WEIGHT / OF 22 CARATs / OZ. DWT. GRS / 5 11. The electrotype makers name SAWTELL stamped in the top right corner. The reverse is engraved ELECTRO.
Acquisition Information:: Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976

Discipline:	Numismatics
Dimensions:	42 mm (Width), 28 mm (Length)

Tagged with:	gold rushes
Themes this item is part of:	Numismatics & Philately Collection
Primary Classification:	COINS
Secondary Classification:	Australia - South Australia
Tertiary Classification:	electrotype copies
Series:	Assay Office
DateEra:	1852 AD
Denomination:	5 dwt 5 gr
Obverse Description:	Rectangular ingot stamped with: Crown over SA / 1 8 / 23 / carats left, and WEIGHT OF INGOT / OZ.DWT.GR / 0 5 5 / EQUIV.WEIGHT / OF 22 CARATS / OZ.DWT.GRS / 5 11; stamped SAWTELL
Reverse Description:	plain with engraved ELECTRO
Edge Description:	Plain
Inscriptions:	Obverse: SA 1.8 23 CARATS WEIGHT OF INGOT OZ DWT GR 0 5 5 EQUIV. WEIGHT OF 22 CARATS OZ. DWT. GRS 5 11 SAWTELL Reverse: ELECTRO
Shape:	Rectangle
Material:	Gold-plated
Issued By:	Adelaide Assay Office, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1852
Mint:	Adelaide Assay Office
Bibliography:	[Book], Dr Arthur Andrews, Australasian Tokens and Coins, Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Sydney, 1921