1 Penny - George Nichols Melbourne, Victoria
Features
| Issuer |
Victoria
(Australian States)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Year | 1862 |
| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1788-1900) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 15.4 g |
| Diameter | 35 mm |
| Thickness | 2.1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 417819 |
| References | Andrews# 405 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:
BOOKSELLER & STATIONER
. MELBOURNE .
: GEORGE NICHOLS :
OPPOSITE
CORNER
TO
POST
OFFICE
Engraver: T. Stokes
Reverse
Coat of Arms
Stokes ARMS A10/R2
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VICTORIA . 1862
ADVANCE AUSTRALIA
T. STOKES. MAKER ,
100 COLLINS ST. EAST . MELBOURNE
Engraver: T. Stokes
Mint
Thomas Stokes, Melbourne, Australia (1856-1873)Comments
Mint - T. Stokes
Image: Reverse Stokes ARMS A10/R2 ‘ADVANCE AUSTRALIA’
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1862 | A405/R399 | ||||||||||||||
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