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Token - 1 Penny, H. Lipscombe, Seedsman & Produce Salesman, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, circa 1860 Reg. No: NU 29335

Summary:: Copper One Penny Token, minted by an unknown British mint. Issued by H. Lipscombe, Seedsman & Produce Salesman, Hobart, circa 1860. Henry Lipscombe arrived in Hobart Town as a free settler on 16 January 1838, from London. He established a prosperous seed and plant nursery in King Street, Sandy Bay. As well as a retail shop in the town itself.

Previous Collections: Henry Smith
Description:: A round copper token (34 mm diameter) featuring the name, address and business of the issuer: H. Lipscombe, Murray St. Hobart Town, seedsman, salesman and shipping supply agent. It features a bouquet of produce that includes grapes, apples, pears, mellon and pineapple. Surface lacquered.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Robert Edwards - Museum of Victoria, 1989

Discipline:	Numismatics
Dimensions:	34 mm (Diameter)
Weight:	12.93 g (Weight)

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Tagged with:	agriculture, retail trade, retailing, seed merchants, seeds, shipping
Themes this item is part of:	Henry Lipscombe, Nurseryman, Hobart,Tasmania, Migration Collection, Numismatics & Philately Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection, Transport Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection
Primary Classification:	TRADE TOKENS
Secondary Classification:	Australia - Tasmania
Tertiary Classification:	working strikes
Series:	Trade Tokens
DateEra:	circa 1860 AD
Denomination:	1 Penny
Obverse Description:	At centre, a bouquet of produce that includes grapes, apples, pears, mellon and pineapple. Around, H. LIPSCOMBE MURRAY STREET HOBART TOWN * SEEDSMAN & SALESMAN *
Reverse Description:	Across centre in two lines, ONE PENNY / TOKEN around, . SHIPPING SUPPLIED WITH ALL KINDS OF COLONIAL PRODUCE *
Edge Description:	Plain
Inscriptions:	Obverse: H. LIPSCOMBE MURRAY STREET HOBART TOWN SEEDSMAN & SALESMAN Reverse: ONE PENNY TOKEN SHIPPING SUPPLIED WITH ALL KINDS OF COLONIAL PRODUCE
Shape:	Round
Material:	Copper
Issued By:	H Lipscombe, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1855-1865
Previous Collection:	Mr Henry Smith
References:	The Lipscombe token issue required two reverse dies but only one obverse die. The reverses are identified as follows: Reverse O of ONE Legend starts Rim denticles 1 beside LI with . 134 2 beside PL without . 138 Die combinations recorded for Jarvey are, A/1 (this token), A/2
Bibliography:	[Book], Dr Arthur Andrews, Australasian Tokens and Coins, Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Sydney, 1921, No. 329 [Book], Dion Skinner - Renniks & Co Pty Ltd, Gilbert Heyde, Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand, 1967, No. 150/1