Token - Halfpenny, Mrs Fisher, Draper, Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1857

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A Mint London, United Kingdom
B Issued By South Yarra, Australia

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Summary:: Copper Halfpenny token minted by W.J. Taylor, London. Issued by Mrs Fisher, Draper, Prahran, Victoria in 1957.

Previous Collections: Henry Smith
Description:: A round copper token. The token features the name, address and business of the issuer: Fisher, Marlborough House, Gardiners Creek Road, Draper. The reverse features an emu standing facing right looking at Kangaroo seated on tail in grassy field facing left, around above, AUSTRALIA, in exergue the date, 1857
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Robert Edwards - Museum of Victoria, 1988

Discipline:	Numismatics
Dimensions:	28 mm (Diameter)
Weight:	7.450 g (Weight)

More information

Tagged with:	drapers
Themes this item is part of:	Numismatics & Philately Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, W.J.Taylor, Mint, London, United Kingdom
On Display at:	Melbourne Museum
Primary Classification:	TRADE TOKENS
Secondary Classification:	Australia - Victoria
Tertiary Classification:	working strikes
Series:	Trade Tokens
DateEra:	1857 AD
Denomination:	Halfpenny
Obverse Description:	At centre in five lines, FISHER / DRAPER / MARLBOROUGH HOUSE / GARDINERS CREEK ROAD
Reverse Description:	An emu standing facing right looking at Kangaroo seated on tail in grassy field facing left, around above, AUSTRALIA, in exergue the date, 1857
Edge Description:	Plain
Inscriptions:	Obverse: FISHER DRAPER MARLBOROUGH HOUSE GARDINERS CREEK ROAD Reverse: AUSTRALIA 1857
Shape:	Round
Material:	Copper
Issued By:	Mrs Fisher, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 1857
Mint:	W.J.Taylor, Mint, London, England, Great Britain, 1857
Previous Collection:	Mr Henry Smith
References:	"The production of the Fisher tokens is attributed to W.J. Taylor in London on account of the similarity of the reverse type to Taylor's stock penny. In 1857 Stokes acquired the Kangaroo Office press from Reginald Scaife. On assumes that this order for halfpence was passed back to London by Scaife in 1856 at which time he was no longer involved in token manufacture" J. Sharples JNAA.7 p.74.
Bibliography:	[Article] Sharples, John P. 1993. A Catalogue of the Trade Tokens of Victoria 1848 to 1862. Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia. vol.7: p.1-77., V. 200 [Book], Dion Skinner - Renniks & Co Pty Ltd, Gilbert Heyde, Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand, 1967, No. 70 [Book], Dr Arthur Andrews, Australasian Tokens and Coins, Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Sydney, 1921, No. 122