Token - 1 Quarto, Robert Keeling, Gibraltar, 1802

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Summary:: 1 Quart or Quarto, Issued by Robert Keeling, Gibraltar, 1802
Statement Of Significance:: Robert Keeling was the owner of a Wine House in the Cooperage District and lived in Lieutenant Governors Lane. Pridmore associates the token issue with the wine house.
Acquisition Information:: Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976

Tagged with:	british empire coins, british commonwealth and empire coins
Themes this item is part of:	Numismatics & Philately Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection
Primary Classification:	TRADE TOKENS
Secondary Classification:	Gibraltar
Tertiary Classification:	working strikes
Series:	Pre-decimal
DateEra:	1802 AD
Denomination:	1 Quart
Obverse Description:	View of the Rock of Gibraltar with ship in sea in foreground; around asbove, PAYABLE AT R. KEELINGS; below, GIBRALTER
Reverse Description:	Castle with three towers; key below entrance; around above, VALUE ONE QUART; below, 1802
Edge Description:	Plain
Shape:	Round
Material:	Copper
Issued By:	Robert Keeling, Gibraltar, 1802
References:	KM#Tn1 Pridmore 20
Bibliography:	[Book], Major Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations Part 1, European Territories, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1960 [Book], Mr Colin Bruce - Krause Publications, Standard Catalogue of World Coins 1801 - 1900, 2006