Token - Threepence, Hogarth, Erichsen & Co, Jewellers, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1858

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Summary:: Australia New South Wales Sydney
Hogarth, Erichsen & Co. Token Threepence 1858 (AD)
Mint: see References
Previous collections: George McArthur
Standard references: Andrews 687 = Heyde 115/2
Description:: A round silver token (16 mm dia) featuring the name and business of the issuer:
Hogarth, Erichsen and Co., Jewellers Sydney around a kangaroo and emu standing either side of a small palm with four distinct heads. The stop before and after SYDNEY 7.6 mm apart. There is a die crack down the back of the kangaroo.
The reverse features the denomination "3" within an oak wreath and the date.
Acquisition Information:: Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976

Tagged with:	art, jewellery, retailing, shops
Themes this item is part of:	Hogarth, Erichsen & Co., Jewellers, Sydney, New South Wales, Numismatics & Philately Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, McArthur Bequest, George McArthur, Collector & Baker (1842-1903)
Primary Classification:	TRADE TOKENS
Secondary Classification:	Australia - New South Wales
Tertiary Classification:	working strikes
Series:	Trade Tokens
DateEra:	1858 AD
Denomination:	Threepence
Obverse Description:	Kangaroo to left and emu to right of a palm tree that has four distinct heads; around, HOGARTH ERICHSEN &C JEWELLERS .SYDNEY. There is a die crack down the back of the kangaroo. Curved base to ground above SYDNEY.
Reverse Description:	At centre within an oak wreath a large numeral 3, 8 mm tall, this divides the date 18 58
Edge Description:	Plain
Inscriptions:	Obverse: HOGARTH ERICHSEN & C JEWELLERS . SYDNEY . Reverse: 3 1858
Shape:	Round
Material:	Silver
Issued By:	Hogarth, Erichsen & Co., Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1858
Previous Collection:	George McArthur
References:	Andrews 687 = Heyde 115/2
Bibliography:	[Book], Dr Arthur Andrews, Australasian Tokens and Coins, Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Sydney, 1921 [Book], Dion Skinner - Renniks & Co Pty Ltd, Gilbert Heyde, Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand, 1967