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A Issued By Melbourne, Australia
B Mint Birmingham, United Kingdom

Token - 1 Penny, Miller & Dismorr, Drapers & Haberdashers, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1858 Reg. No: NU 29340

Summary:: Copper One Penny Token, minted by Smith & Kemp, Birmingham. Issued by Miller & Dismorr, Drapers & Haberdashers, Melbourne, circa 1858. The closest match found for this business is 'Millar and Dismorr, Drapers etc., 43 Collins Street East' in Butterfield's 1855 Melbourne directory. Miller & Dismorr, were listed at the same address, in 1856.

Previous Collections: Henry S. Smith
Description:: A round copper token (34 mm diameter) giving the name address and business of the issuer: Miller & Dismore, Collins Street, Melbourne, drapers, haberdashers. The reverse states that it is a penny token and names the mint, Smith & Kemp of Birmingham.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Robert Edwards - Museum of Victoria, 1988

Discipline:	Numismatics
Dimensions:	34 mm (Diameter)
Weight:	15.450 g (Weight)

More information

Tagged with:	drapers, haberdashers, retail trade, retailing
Themes this item is part of:	Miller & Dismorr, Drapers, Melbourne, Victoria, Numismatics & Philately Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection
Primary Classification:	TRADE TOKENS
Secondary Classification:	Australia - Victoria
Tertiary Classification:	working strikes
Series:	Trade Tokens
DateEra:	circa 1858 AD
Denomination:	1 Penny
Obverse Description:	Legend in 5 lines (the 1st and last curved); MILLER & DISMORR / DRAPERS / HABERDASHERS &c / COLLINS. ST. MELBOURNE
Reverse Description:	ONE / PENNY / TOKEN; below in small letters the manufacturer's name, SMITH & KEMP.BIRMM
Edge Description:	Plain
Inscriptions:	Obverse: MILLER & DISMORR DRAPERS HABERDASHERS &c COLLINS. ST. MELBOURNE Reverse: ONE PENNY TOKEN SMITH & KEMP .BIRMM
Shape:	Round
Material:	Copper
Issued By:	Miller & Dismorr, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1852-1862
Mint:	Smith & Kemp (Mint), Birmingham, England, Great Britain, 1852-1862
Previous Collection:	Mr Henry Smith
References:	This was the only token issue struck for Australia by the Smith & Kemp mint.
Bibliography:	[Book], Dr Arthur Andrews, Australasian Tokens and Coins, Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Sydney, 1921, No. 375 [Book], Dion Skinner - Renniks & Co Pty Ltd, Gilbert Heyde, Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand, 1967, No. 176 [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. 115