1 Penny - De Carle, E and Co Melbourne & Plenty; Victoria

Features

Issuer	Victoria (Australian States)
Type	Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens
Year	1853
Value	1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency	Pound sterling (1788-1900)
Composition	Copper
Weight	16.4 g
Diameter	34 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	1863
Number	N# 413170
References	Andrews# 104 Arthur Andrews; 1965. Australasian tokens and coins: a handbook . Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. , R# 115 Michael T. Pitt, Paul Bickerton, Mike Loy, Simon Gray; 2012. Renniks Australian & New Zealand Tokens Values (1^st edition). Renniks Publications, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. , Gray# 64 Simon Gray; 2013. A Study of Australasian Trade Tokens: An Illustrated Reference of the Merchants Tokens used in Colonial Australia & New Zealand. Self-published, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

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Obverse

Text only.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
E.DE. CARLE & CO.-
. MELBOURNE & PLENTY VICTORIA .
GROCERS
& SPIRIT
MERCHANTS

Reverse

Seated figure with olive branch, shield and trident

Script: Latin

Lettering: BRITANNIA

Mint

T. Pope and Co., Birmingham, United Kingdom (1852-1911)

Comments

Mint T. Pope & Co.

Rarity R3

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1853)												A104/R115

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