Summary

Australia Victoria Warrnambool
W.W. Jamieson & Co. Token Penny 1855 (AD)
Mint: Heaton & Sons, Birmingham
Previous Collections: George McArthur
Standard References: Andrews 299 = Heyde 133 = Sharples V.205

Physical Description

A round copper token (34 mm diameter). The token features the name, address, business of the issuer and date: W.W. Jamieson & Co.. Liebeg St. Warrnambool, Storekeepers 1862. The reverse features a female figure representing Justice standing facing left. She wears a blindfold and extends a balanced set of scales with her right hand. With her left she holds an inverted cornucopia from which fruits flow onto the ground among the fruit the letter G. She wears an ancient-style of flowing dress bound at the waist, her left arm is draped to near the elbow while drapery falls from her extended arm to below the horizon line behind; around above, AUSTRALIA. A three-masted sailing ship on horizon at left of token.

Obverse Description

Across center in three lines, W.W. JAMIESON / & Co. / STOREKEEPERS, around above, LIEBEG [sic] STREET, around below, WARRNAMBOOL

Reverse Description

Female figure representing Justice standing facing left. She wears a blindfold and extends a balanced set of scales with her right hand. With her left she holds an inverted cornucopia from which fruits flow onto the ground among the fruit the letter G. She wears an ancient-style of flowing dress bound at the waist, her left arm is draped to near the elbow while drapery falls from her extended arm to below the horizon line behind; around above, AUSTRALIA. A three-masted sailing ship on horizon at left of token. In exergue, 1862.

Edge Description

Plain

More Information

  • Collection Names

    McArthur Bequest

  • Collecting Areas

    Numismatics & Philately, Working Life & Trades

  • Acquisition Information

    Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), George McArthur, 15 Mar 1976

  • Date Issued

    1862 AD

  • Issued By

    W.W. Jamieson & Co., Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1862

  • Mint

    Heaton & Sons (Mint), Birmingham, England, Great Britain, 1862

  • Previous Collection

    George McArthur

  • Inscriptions

    Obverse: W.W. JAMIESON & CO. STOREKEEPERS LIEBEG [sic] STREET WARRNAMBOOL VICTORIA STOREKEEPERS Reverse: AUSTRALIA 1862

  • 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), 14.633 g (Weight)

  • Shape

    Round

  • References

    Andrews 299 = Heyde 133 = Sharples V.205 -Gardner, F.. "Trade tokens and the firms who issued them". The Australian Storekeepers and Traders Journal. 30 June 1910: pp.8-9; -Turnbull, J.. 'Two Tokens of Australia Felix'. Australian Coin Review. September 1992: pp.34 - 36; -Watt, P.B.. 'Tale of Two Tokens'. Australian Numismatist, Golden Jubilee edition. 1996: pp.105 - 109; -Sharples, J., 'Catalogue of Victorian Trade Tokens.' Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia. Vol. 7. December 1993: pp.76 - 77; -Hope, John. Biography of W.W. Jamieson. Unpublished MSS. 2005: 1pp.
    [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

    Import Trade, Retail Trade, Retailing