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Token - 1 Penny, Myles Barrowclough, Bookseller & Stationer, Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1862
Reg. No: NU 3549
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- Summary:
- Copper One Penny Token, minted by Thomas Stokes, Melbourne, 1862. Issued by Myles Barrowclough, Bookseller & Stationer, Richmond. Myles Barraclough probally arrived in Victoria around 1852, shortly aftwards he married Annie Byers, they had five children together. By 1854 Myles was advertising his business as a 'Bookseller and Stationer' in Brunswick Street, Myles appeared in Melbourne Commercial Directories for the first time in 1861, with a shop located in Bridge Road, Richmond. In November 1861 he advertised that he was selling 'EXPLORING EXPEDITION - BURKE and WILLS's DIARIES, with Portraits; Howitt's Journal, and King's Narrative complete. Bussiness slowed and he sold the bussiness around 1863 and took up teaching in the Wesleyan School System.
- Description:
- A round copper token (34 mm diameter) with the name, address and business of the issuer: Barroclough, 100 Bridge Road, Richmond, Bookseller and Stationer. The reverse is 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 (sejant sinister reguardant) and on right emu with similar stance (passant dexter reguardant). Below ground line and set on bouquet of rose, thistles and shamrock, a ribbon with the motto ADVANCE AUSTRALIA. The shield is quartered by a cross with a star at the centre and at the end of each arm. The cross is shaded with horizontal and vertical lines, hatched around the stars. 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 and varnished.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 34 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 13.065 g (Weight) |
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| Tagged with: | booksellers, stationery |
| Themes this item is part of: | Myles Barrowclough, Bookseller & Teacher, Richmond, Victoria (1833-1896), Numismatics & Philately Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales, Eugene von Guerard, Artist (1811-1901), Eugene von Guerard 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 four lines (the first curved, BARROWCLOUGH / 100 / BRIDGE / ROAD ; around, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER * RICHMOND * |
| 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 (sejant sinister reguardant) and on right emu with similar stance (passant dexter reguardant). Below ground line and set on bouquet of rose, thistles and shamrock, a ribbon with the motto ADVANCE AUSTRALIA. The shield is quartered by a cross with a star at the centre and at the end of each arm. The cross is shaded with horizontal and vertical lines, hatched around the stars. 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 T of T. STOKES above the first LL of COLLINS and the T EAST is below the A of MAKER. The standard references for this die are Andrews 10 = Heyde Arms 2 = Sharples Arms 3. |
| Edge Description: | plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: BARROWCLOUGH 100 BRIDGE ROAD RICHMOND BOOKSELLER & STATIONER Reverse: VICTORIA . 1862 ADVANCE AUSTRALIA T. STOKES MAKER 100 COLLINS ST. EAST MELBOURNE. |
| Shape: | Round |
| Material: | Copper |
| Issued By: | Myles Barrowclough, Bookseller & Stationer, Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1862 |
| Mint: | Stokes (Mint), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1862 |
| Previous Collection: | Eugene von Guerard, pre 1880 |
| References: | There were two issues in 1862 for Barrowclough each made with the one obverse die but employing two different Stokes stok Arms reverses, Arms 2 and Arms 3. The die axis is apparently always 06 with the Arms 2 die and 12 with the Arms 3 die. There is a problem with Sharples JNAA.7 p.70-71 in that both types are given Arms 2 in error. The first, V.187 should read Arms 3. In addition the die axis information is reversed - the correct form is given above. |
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