Summary

Australia Victoria Sandridge (Port Melbourne)
W.C. Cook Token Token Penny, 1862 (AD)
Mint: Thomas Stokes
Previous Collections: Hon. William M.K. Vale
Standard References: Andrews 75 = Heyde 45 = Sharples V.197

Physical Description

A round copper token (34 mm diameter). The token features the name, address and business of the issuer: Oddfellows Store, W.C. Cook, Bay Street Sandridge, sugar companies treacle delivered; together with the promise, orders punctually attended to.. The reverse features a Stokes stock Arms: Coat of arms consisting of a central shield set on grass covered ground and below Rising Sun. On left a kangaroo seated facing out but head back towards sun and on right emu with similar stance. Below ground line and set on bouquet of rose, thistles and shamrock, a ribbon with the motto ADVANCE VICTORIA. The shield is quartered by a cross with a star at the centre and at the end of each arm. The cross is not shaded. The quarters contain: top left, a three-masted sailing ship; top right, a golden fleece; bottom left, an anchor; and bottom right, a wheat sheaf. Around above, VICTORIA . 1862 around below in two lines, T. STOKES MAKER / 100 COLLINS ST. EAST MELBOURNE.

Obverse Description

At centre within a line circle in three lines, ODDFELLOWS STORE / W.C. COOK / BAY STREET SANDRIDGE around above, SUGAR COMPANIES TREACLE DELIVERED below in two lines, ORDERS PUNCTUALLY / ATTENDED TO

Reverse Description

Coat of arms consisting of a central shield set on grass covered ground and below Rising Sun. On left a kangaroo seated facing out but head back towards sun and on right emu with similar stance. Below ground line and set on bouquet of rose, thistles and shamrock, a ribbon with the motto ADVANCE VICTORIA. The shield is quartered by a cross with a star at the centre and at the end of each arm. The cross is not shaded. The quarters contain: top left, a three-masted sailing ship; top right, a golden fleece; bottom left, an anchor; and bottom right, a wheat sheaf. Around above, VICTORIA . 1862 around below in two lines, T. STOKES MAKER / 100 COLLINS ST. EAST MELBOURNE. The neck of the emu is poorly engraved with additional line to the left, the T of EAST is below the letters AK of MAKER. The standard references for the die used to make this token are: Andrews 13 = Heyde Arms 5 = Sharples Arms 6.

Edge Description

Plain

More Information

  • Collecting Areas

    Numismatics & Philately, Working Life & Trades

  • Acquisition Information

    Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Honourable William M. Vale JP, 15 Mar 1976

  • Date Issued

    1862 AD

  • Issued By

    W C Cook - Oddfellows Store, Sandridge, Victoria, Australia, 1862

  • Mint

    Stokes (Mint), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1862

  • Previous Collection

    Honourable William M. Vale JP

  • Inscriptions

    Obverse: ODDFELLOWS STORE W.C. COOK BAY STREET SANDRIDGE SUGAR COMPANIES TREACLE DELIVERED ORDERS PUNCTUALLY ATTENDED TO Reverse: VICTORIA 1862 ADVANCE VICTORIA T. STOKES MAKER 100 COLLINS ST. EAST MELBOURNE

  • Denomination

    1 Penny

  • Series

    Trade Tokens

  • Material

    Copper

  • Axis

    12

  • Classification

    Trade tokens, Australia - victoria, Working strikes

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    Numismatics

  • Type of item

    Object

  • Dimensions

    34 mm (Outside Diameter), 15.168 g (Weight)

  • Shape

    Round

  • References

    Andrews 75 = Heyde 45 = Sharples V.197 -Gardner, F.. "Trade tokens and the firms who issued them." The Australian Storekeepers and Traders Journal. 30 March 1912: p. 10 ; -Sharples, J.. "Catalogue of Victorian Trade Tokens." Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia. Vol. 7. December 1993: pp. 73 - 74. -Hope, John. Froomes, W.. Unpublished MSS. 2005: 3pps.
    [Article] Sharples, John P. 1993. A Catalogue of the Trade Tokens of Victoria 1848 to 1862. Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia. vol.7: p.1-77.
    [Book] Heyde, Gilbert C. & Skinner, Dion H. 1967. Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand.
    [Book] Andrews, Arthur. 1921. Australasian Tokens and Coins.

  • Keywords

    Sugar Trade, Treacle, Wholesale Trade