Token - 1 Penny, Alfred Davies, Pawnbroker, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 1865

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Summary:: Copper One Penny Token, minted by Thomas Stokes, Melbourne. Issued by Alfred Davies, Pawnbroker, Fremantle, 1865. This was the first issue of a token in Western Australia.

Previous Collections: Henry Smith
Description:: A round copper token (31 mm diameter) with the name, address and business of the issuer: Alfred Davies, High St. Fremantle, Pawnbroker. The reverse features a swan swimming to left with wings raised with the legend WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1865.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Robert Edwards - Museum of Victoria, 1988

Tagged with:	pawnbrokers, swans
Themes this item is part of:	Numismatics & Philately Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales
Primary Classification:	TRADE TOKENS
Secondary Classification:	Australia - Western Australia
Tertiary Classification:	working strikes
Series:	Trade Tokens
DateEra:	1865 AD
Denomination:	1 Penny
Obverse Description:	ALFRED DAVIES / PAWNBROKER / HIGH ST FREMANTLE the first and last lines being curved.
Reverse Description:	Swan swimming on water to left with raised wings; above, WESTERN AUSTRALIA; below, 1865 Die chip at edge to border of dots rev. 04 to 05
Edge Description:	Plain
Inscriptions:	Obverse: ALFRED DAVIES PAWNBROKER HIGH ST FREMANTLE Reverse: WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1865
Shape:	Round
Material:	Copper
Issued By:	Alfred Davies, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 1865
Mint:	Stokes (Mint), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1865 See Andrews p.39
Previous Collection:	Mr Henry Smith
Bibliography:	[Book], Dr Arthur Andrews, Australasian Tokens and Coins, Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Sydney, 1921, No. 94 [Book], Dion Skinner - Renniks & Co Pty Ltd, Gilbert Heyde, Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand, 1967, No. 55