Summary
Advertising check, Issued by, Thomas Lawlor & Co., Bridgetown, Barbados, circa 1850.
Mint not recorded.
Obverse Description
Legend in five lines; THOMAS LAWLOR & CO. / 11 / BROAD ST / BRIDGETOWN / BARBADOES
Reverse Description
Legend in five lines; GENERAL / MERCHANTS / AND / COMMISSION / AGENTS
Edge Description
Plain
Significance
Advertisments for this firm give this address in 1850 (by 1852 they are at 17 Broad Street). The company was a general merchant, both wholesale and retail and involved Thomas Rice Lawler, William Thomas Barrett, Edward Augustine O'Keefe and Thomas Hayes in the early 1850s.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), A.H. Baldwin & Son Ltd, 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
circa 1850 AD
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Issued By
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Series
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Material
Bronze
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Dimensions
21.5 mm (Outside Diameter), 4.131 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
Pridmore vol.3 p.90 no.29 Pridmore; Coins of the British Commonwealth, Vol 3 p.90 No. 29
[Book] Pridmore, Fred. 1965. The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations, Part 3, West Indies.
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