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Token - 1 Penny, Hanks & Lloyd, Australian Tea Mart, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1857
Reg. No: NU 11194
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- Summary:
- Copper One Penny Token, minted by W.J. Taylor, London. Issued by Hanks & Lloyd, Australian Tea Mart, Sydney, 1855. J.G. Hanks joined A. Lloyd to open a business in 1855. The same year Hanks and Lloyd must have received their first tokens, as the partners used them as commemoratives for the opening of the first Sydney Railway in1855, an excellent publicity opportunity. In 1858 the company had changed name, becoming Hanks & Co. It seems that Lloyd was still participating in the business, but he had always been the junior partner.
- Description:
- A round copper token (34 mm dia) featuring the name, address and business of the issuing company Hanks & Lloyd Sydney Tea Market. This token appears to have been buried, it is irregularly toned and generally lightly pitted.
The Hanks and Lloyd penny token orders employed three obverse and two reverse dies. The reverses are either dated 1855 or 1857 but the obverse die identification is based on the height of the letters in the word SYDNEY, the length of the word HANKS together with the number of border dots.
In this case:
The obverse has 137 dots around the rim. The letters in the word SYDNEY are 3 mm high and HANKS is 17.5 mm long.
The reverse has a border of 135 dots and the P of PEACE almost touches the emu's back - it is from the same die used on the Hanks & Co. 1857 issue see NU3807 - Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from Melbourne Branch of Royal Mint, 1978
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 34 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 14.723 g (Weight) |
More information
| Tagged with: | retailing, shops, tea |
| Themes this item is part of: | Hanks & Lloyd, Tea & Coffee Merchants, Sydney, New South Wales, Numismatics & Philately Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Royal Mint, Melbourne Branch, Melbourne, Victoria, W.J.Taylor, Mint, London, United Kingdom, 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 - New South Wales |
| Tertiary Classification: | working strikes |
| Series: | Trade Tokens |
| DateEra: | 1857 AD |
| Denomination: | 1 Penny |
| Obverse Description: | At centre, HANKS / AND / LLOYD; around, AUSTRALIAN TEA MART . SYDNEY . |
| Reverse Description: | Coat of Arms consisting of a central shield below a Rising Sun supported by an emu at left and kangaroo at right all resting on a ribbon with the motto ADVANCE AUSTRALIA. The shield is quartered and contains: upper left - a golden fleece; upper right - a three-masted sailing ship; lower left - a bull standing facing left; lower right an anchor. Above, PEACE & PLENTY; below, 1857 |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: HANKS AND LLOYD AUSTRALIAN TEA MART SYDNEY Reverse: PEACE & PLENTY 1857 ADVANCE AUSTRALIA |
| Shape: | Round |
| Material: | Copper |
| Issued By: | Hanks & Lloyd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1855 |
| Mint: | W.J.Taylor, Mint, London, England, Great Britain, 1857 |
| Previous Collection: | Royal Mint, Melbourne Branch |
| References: |
Standard reference catalogues and the museum storage system for tokens are based on the exact die combination employed at the mint to strike each token. The Hanks and Lloyd penny token orders employed three obverse and two reverse dies. The reverses are easy to identify as they are either dated 1855 or 1857 but the obverse die identification is based on the height of the letters in the word SYDNEY, the length of the word HANKS together with the number of border dots. In this case: The obverse has 137 dots around the rim and the letter S in both SYDNEY and HANKS are not re-entered. The letters in the word SYDNEY are 3 mm high and HANKS is 17.5 mm long. The reverse has a border of 135 dots and the P of PEACE almost touches the emu's back - it is the same die used on the Hanks & Co. 1857 issue see NU3807 |
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Themes
This item is part of the following themes:
- Hanks & Lloyd, Tea & Coffee Merchants, Sydney, New South Wales
- Numismatics & Philately Collection
- Sustainable Futures Collection
- Working Life & Trades Collection
- Royal Mint, Melbourne Branch, Melbourne, Victoria
- W.J.Taylor, Mint, London, United Kingdom
- 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
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