1 Penny - Southward and Sumpton Ballarat; Victoria

Features

Issuer	Victoria (Australian States)
Type	Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens
Year	1856
Value	1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency	Pound sterling (1788-1900)
Composition	Copper
Weight	16.6 g
Diameter	34 mm
Thickness	2.8 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 59103
References	Andrews# 501 Arthur Andrews; 1965. Australasian tokens and coins: a handbook . Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. , R# 485 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# 250 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# Tn212 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

Text only

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WHOLESALE GROCERS
SOUTHWARD & SUMPTON
BALLARAT WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS

Reverse

Coat of Arms

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SOUTHWARD & SUMPTON
ADVANCE BALLARAT
BALLARAT

Mint

Thomas Stokes, Melbourne, Australia (1856-1873)

Comments

Mint T. Stokes

Rarity R4-5

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1856)												A501/R485 KM-Tn212

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