½ Penny - Robert Hyde and Co. 1857 Melbourne, Victoria
Features
| Issuer |
Victoria
(Australian States)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1857 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1788-1900) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 8.2 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 415453 |
| References | Andrews# 281, 282 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. |
Obverse
Text only.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ROBERT HYDE & Co
MELBOURNE
GENERAL
MARINE
STORE
-
SHIPPERS OF
RAGS GLASS
METALS
& C.
Reverse
Coat of Arms
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PEACE & PLENTY
ADVANCE AUSTRALIA
1857
Edge
Plain
Mint
Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)Comments
Rarity R3 - A281/R287
Rarity R8 - A282/R288
G140 A281/R287 - & on Obverse left of T in METALS
G140a A282/R288 - & on Obverse directly under T in METALS
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1857 | A281/R287 - & on Obverse left of T in METALS | ||||||||||||||
| 1857 | A282/R288 - & on Obverse directly under T in METALS | ||||||||||||||
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