Summary
Australia Victoria Warrnambool
W.W. Jamieson & Co. Token Penny 1855 (AD)
Mint: Heaton & Sons, Birmingham
Previous Collections: Hon. William M.K. Vale
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
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Honourable William M. Vale JP, 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
1862 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
Heaton & Sons (Mint), Birmingham, England, Great Britain, 1862
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Previous Collection
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Inscriptions
Obverse: W.W. JAMIESON & CO. STOREKEEPERS LIEBEG [sic] STREET WARRNAMBOOL VICTORIA STOREKEEPERS Reverse: AUSTRALIA 1862
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Denomination
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Series
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Material
Copper
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Dimensions
34 mm (Outside Diameter), 14.703 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
Andrews 299 = Heyde 133 = Sharples V.205
[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.
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