Token - 1 Penny, J.D. Leeson, Watchmaker & Jeweller, Fancy Museum, Sale, Victoria, Australia, 1862

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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. This token has been cleaned.
Acquisition Information:: Transfer from Melbourne Branch of Royal Mint, 1978

Discipline:	Numismatics
Dimensions:	34 mm (Diameter)
Weight:	14.638 g (Weight)

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Tagged with:	jewellers, watchmakers
Themes this item is part of:	Horology Collection, Numismatics & Philately Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Royal Mint, Melbourne Branch, Melbourne, Victoria, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales, Branch Mints of the Royal Mint, Deputy Masters of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint, Closure of Melbourne Mint, Melbourne Mint during World War II, Establishment of Melbourne Mint, 1872, Melbourne Mint
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:	Royal Mint, Melbourne Branch
Bibliography:	[Article] Sharples, John P. 1993. A Catalogue of the Trade Tokens of Victoria 1848 to 1862. Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia. vol.7: p.1-77., V. 196 [Book], Dion Skinner - Renniks & Co Pty Ltd, Gilbert Heyde, Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand, 1967, No. 145 [Book], Dr Arthur Andrews, Australasian Tokens and Coins, Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Sydney, 1921, No. 318