½ Penny - W.D. Wood Hobart, Tasmania
Features
| Issuer |
Tasmania
(Australian States)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Years | 1855-1857 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1788-1900) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 9 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Thickness | 1.9 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 413614 |
| References | Andrews# 642 Arthur Andrews; 1965. Australasian tokens and coins: a handbook . Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Michael T. Pitt, Paul Bickerton, Mike Loy, Simon Gray; 2012. Renniks Australian & New Zealand Tokens Values (1st edition). Renniks Publications, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.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. , KM# Tn273 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
Montpelier Retreat Inn Building
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MONTPELLIER RETREAT INN
W.D.WOOD
Reverse
Text only
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ONE HALFPENNY TOKEN
PAYABLE
ON DEMAND HERE
MONTPELLIER RETREAT
INN,
HOBART TOWN
- . -
W.D.WOOD
Comments
Rarity R3
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1855-1857) | A642/R602 KM-Tn273 | ||||||||||||||
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