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Surcharged Token - 'T D' on 1 Penny, Hide & De Carle, Grocers & Wine Merchants, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1857
Reg. No: NU 18799
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- Summary:
- Copper one Penny Surcharged Token, minted by Heaton & Sons, 1857. Issued by Hide & De Carle, Grocers & Wine Merchants, Melbourne, 1857. Surcharged 'T heart D'.
Thomas Hide and Edward De Carle formed a partnership in 1857. They had both been running their own businesses in Melbourne for several years beforehand. They founded a Grocery, Wine and Spirit merchant's business on Elizabeth Street, which lasted until 1861. Their business also included a land and estate agency. Hide and De Carle issued a total of 16 types of penny and half penny tokens, eight in 1857 and eight in 1858. All the tokens were struck by Heaton and Sons of Birmingham. - Description:
- A round copper token (34 mm diameter) giving the name address and business of the issuer: Hide & De Carle, Elizabeth St. Melbourne, Grocers and wine merchants.. The token features at centre of the obverse a male lion standing to left with head crowned facing front, its right paw is raised and rests on a shield bearing the Union Jack, its tail curved back over its body. On the reverse a female figure representing Justice seated on a wool bale with legs to left but her head and upper body to front. A wine barrel lies on the ground behind her, its end decorated with a cross to hint at a Union Jack (as found beside Britannia on the copper coins of the period). A three-masted sailing ship sails to the right on the horizon to the left. Justice wears a blindfold and extends a balanced set of scales with her right hand. With her left she holds an inverted cornucopia from which fruits flow onto the ground. She wears an ancient-style of flowing dress bound at the waist, her left arm bare and right draped to near the elbow. It bears the date 1857. The reverse has been surcharged with T D seperated by a heart.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 34 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 14.908 g (Weight) |
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| Tagged with: | grocers, surcharged tokens, wine spirit merchants |
| Themes this item is part of: | Hide & De Carle, Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants, Melbourne, Victoria, Numismatics & Philately Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Heaton & Sons Mint, Birmingham, England, Alfred Chitty Collection |
| Primary Classification: | TRADE TOKENS |
| Secondary Classification: | Australia - Victoria |
| Tertiary Classification: | surcharged strikes |
| Series: | Trade Tokens |
| DateEra: | 1857 AD |
| Denomination: | 1 Penny |
| Obverse Description: | At centre within two concentric rings of text devided by a beaded circle, a male lion standing to left with head crowned facing front, its right paw is raised and rests on a shield bearing the Union Jack, its tail curved back over its body. Around, .HIDE & DE CARLE. GROCERS & WINE MERCHANTS / . ELIZABETH STREET . MELBOURNE |
| Reverse Description: | female figure representing Justice seated on a wool bale with legs to left but her head and upper body to front. A wine barrel lies on the ground behind her, its end decorated with a cross to hint at a Union Jack (as found beside Britannia on the copper coins of the period). A three-masted sailing ship sails to the right on the horizon to the left. Justice wears a blindfold and extends a balanced set of scales with her right hand. With her left she holds an inverted cornucopia from which fruits flow onto the ground. She wears an ancient-style of flowing dress bound at the waist, her left arm bare and right draped to near the elbow. Around above; MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. in exergue; 1857. The token is surcharged with T a heart D |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: HIDE & DE CARLE. GROCERS & WINE MERCHANTS ELIZABETH STREET MELBOURNE Reverse: MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. 1857 T D |
| Shape: | round |
| Material: | Copper |
| Issued By: | Hide & De Carle, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1857 |
| Mint: | Heaton & Sons (Mint), Birmingham, England, Great Britain, 1857 |
| Previous Collection: | Mr Alfred Chitty |
| References: |
Gardner, F., Trade tokens and the firms who issued them, The Australian Storekeepers & Traders Journal, 31 August 1911, p. 20 (photocopy); Gardner, F., Trade tokens and the firms who issued them, The Australian Storekeepers & Traders Journal, 31 May 1910 p. 10; Melbourne directories from the collection of the State Library of Victoria, 1853-1859; Advertisement, The Argus, Saturday 2 July 1853, p.9; |
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