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Token - 1 Penny, J.D. Leeson, Watchmaker & Jeweller, Fancy Museum, Sale, Victoria, Australia, 1862
Reg. No: NU 4022
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- Summary:
- Copper One Penny Token, minted by Thomas Stokes, Melbourne. Issued by J.D. Leeson, Watchmaker & Jeweller, Fancy Museum, Sale, 1862.
- Description:
- A round copper token (34 mm diameter). The token features the name, address and business of the issuer: J.D. Leeson Fancy Museum, watchmaker & jeweller, Sale. The reverse features a Stokes stock Arms: Coat of arms consisting of a central shield set on grass covered ground and below Rising Sun. On left a kangaroo seated facing out but head back towards sun and on right emu with similar stance. Below ground line and set on bouquet of rose, thistles and shamrock, a ribbon with the motto ADVANCE VICTORIA. The shield is quartered by a cross with a star at the centre and at the end of each arm. The cross is not shaded. The quarters contain: top left, a three-masted sailing ship; top right, a golden fleece; bottom left, an anchor; and bottom right, a wheat sheaf. Around above, VICTORIA . 1862 around below in two lines, T. STOKES MAKER / 100 COLLINS ST. EAST MELBOURNE.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Mr Alfred Chitty, 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 34 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 14.247 g (Weight) |
More information
| Tagged with: | jewellers, watchmakers |
| Themes this item is part of: | Horology Collection, Numismatics & Philately Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales, Alfred Chitty Collection |
| Primary Classification: | TRADE TOKENS |
| Secondary Classification: | Australia - Victoria |
| Tertiary Classification: | working strikes |
| Series: | Trade Tokens |
| DateEra: | 1862 AD |
| Denomination: | 1 Penny |
| Obverse Description: | At centre within a line circle in three lines, FANCY / MUSEUM / SALE around, : J.D. LEESON : WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER |
| Reverse Description: | Coat of arms consisting of a central shield set on grass covered ground and below Rising Sun. On left a kangaroo seated facing out but head back towards sun and on right emu with similar stance. Below ground line and set on bouquet of rose, thistles and shamrock, a ribbon with the motto ADVANCE VICTORIA. The shield is quartered by a cross with a star at the centre and at the end of each arm. The cross is not shaded. The quarters contain: top left, a three-masted sailing ship; top right, a golden fleece; bottom left, an anchor; and bottom right, a wheat sheaf. Around above, VICTORIA . 1862 around below in two lines, T. STOKES MAKER / 100 COLLINS ST. EAST MELBOURNE. The neck of the emu is poorly engraved with additional line to the left, the T of EAST is below the letters AK of MAKER. The standard references for the die used to make this token are: Andrews 13 = Heyde Arms 5 = Sharples Arms 6. |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: J.D. LEESON WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER FANCY MUSEUM SALE Reverse: VICTORIA 1862 ADVANCE VICTORIA T. STOKES MAKER 100 COLLINS ST. EAST MELBOURNE |
| Shape: | Round |
| Material: | Copper |
| Issued By: | J Leeson - Fancy Museum, Sale, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 1862 |
| Mint: | Stokes (Mint), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1862 |
| Previous Collection: | Mr Alfred Chitty |
| References: | -Gardner, F.. "Trade tokens and the firms who issued them." The Australian Storekeepers and Traders Journal. 22 December 1911: p.9 (photocopy); -Sharples, J.. "Catalogue of Victorian Trade Tokens." Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia. Vol. 7. December 1993: p. 73; -Butler and Brooke's Victorian Directory for 1866; -Hope, John. Leeson, J.D.. Unpublished MSS. 2005: 2pps. |
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