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Token - Halfpenny, Warnock Bros, Drapers, Maldon, Victoria, Australia, 1861
Reg. No: NU 4485
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- Summary:
- Australia Victoria Melbourne Maldon
Warnock Brothers Token Halfpenny, 1861 (AD)
Mint: Heaton & Sons, Birmingham (earlier associated with W.J. Taylor London, see Andrews p. 97)
Standard References: Andrews 604 = Heyde 266 = Sharples V.183 - Description:
- A copper trade token penny (28 mm diameter) featuring the name and cities of buisness of the issuer: Warnock Bros. Melbourne & Maldon around 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 and a three-masted sailing ship sails to the right on the horizon to the left. She 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. The reverse is a stock 'Peace and Plenty' type: a coat of arms consisting of a central shield below a rising sun with emu and kangaroo supporters. The shield is quartered and contains: top left, Golden Fleece, top right, three masted sailing ship, bottom left bull standing facing left, bottom right, anchor. The supporters stand on a pair of simple curved lines which also hold the base of the shield, a ribbon bearing the motto ADVANCE AUSTRALIA is draped across these lines below their feet. Around above, PEACE & PLENTY, below, 1861
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 28 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 8.561 g (Weight) |
More information
| Tagged with: | advance australia |
| Themes this item is part of: | Heaton & Sons Mint, Birmingham, England, Warnock Bros., Drapers, Melbourne & Maldon, Victoria, Numismatics & Philately Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, 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: | 1861 AD |
| Denomination: | Halfpenny |
| Obverse 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 and a three-masted sailing ship sails to the right on the horizon to the left. She 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, WARNOCK BROS. MELBOURNE & , in exergue, MALDON |
| Reverse Description: | Coat of arms consisting of a central shield below a rising sun with emu and kangaroo supporters. The shield is quartered and contains: top left, Golden Fleece, top right, three masted sailing ship, bottom left bull standing facing left, bottom right, anchor. The supporters stand on a pair of simple curved lines which also hold the base of the shield, a ribbon bearing the motto ADVANCE AUSTRALIA is draped across these lines below their feet. Around above, PEACE & PLENTY, below, 1861 |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: WARNOCK BROS. MELBOURNE & MALDON Reverse: PEACE & PLENTY ADVANCE AUSTRALIA 1861 |
| Shape: | round |
| Material: | Copper |
| Issued By: | Warnock Bros, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1861 |
| Mint: | Heaton & Sons (Mint), Birmingham, England, Great Britain, 1861 |
| Previous Collection: | Eugene von Guerard, pre 1880 |
| References: | Andrews 604 = Heyde 266 = Sharples V.183 |
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