Summary

Australia
Charles Harrold & Co. Token c. 1855 (AD)
Mint: Unknown British

Physical Description

A round copper token (28 mm diameter). The token features the name address and buisness of the issuer: Charles Harrold & Co. 2 St. Pauls St, Birmingham; and the statements "Late Joseph Lane & Son" and "Refined Australian copper for alloying gold".

Obverse Description

CHARLES HARROLD & Co. / 2 / ST. PAULS SQ. / BIRMINGHAM / . LATE JOSEPH LANE & SON .

Reverse Description

At centre, FOR / ALLOYING / GOLD; around, . REFINED AUSTRALIAN COPPER

Edge Description

Plain

More Information

  • Collecting Areas

    Numismatics & Philately, Working Life & Trades

  • Acquisition Information

    Purchase from Spink Noble Numismatics, 18 Mar 1992

  • Date Issued

    circa 1855 AD

  • Issued By

    Charles Harrold, Australia

  • Commissioned By

    Charles Harrold & Co, Birmingham, England, Great Britain, 1850-1867
    This piece issued at an earlier address, 2 St. Pauls Sq. Joseph Lane was at 3 St. Pauls Square.

  • Inscriptions

    Obverse: CHARLES HARROLD & Co. 2 ST. PAULS SQ. BIRMINGHAM LATE JOSEPH LANE & SON Reverse: FOR ALLOYING GOLD REFINED AUSTRALIAN COPPER

  • Denomination

    Halfpenny

  • Series

    Trade Tokens

  • Material

    Copper

  • Axis

    06

  • Classification

    Trade tokens, Great britain - england, Working strikes

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    Numismatics

  • Type of item

    Object

  • Dimensions

    28 mm (Outside Diameter), 12.257 g (Weight)

  • Shape

    Round

  • References

    Some of these are believed to have circulated in Australia but it I have found no evidence - although this piece shows signs of wear. The two examples in our collection have very different weights - 17.563 for this and 12.257 for NU 27486 so too the related Joseph Lane pieces: 12.477 for NU11686 and 10.053 for NU4600. This is uncharacteristic of token weight standards. - John Sharples

  • Keywords

    Gold