Summary

Check, mint unknown. Issued by F.& G.F. Bullen, Importers & Clothiers, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. F. & G.F. Bullen were located at 131 and 133 Russell Street, Melbourne.

More Information

  • Collecting Areas

    Numismatics & Philately

  • Issued By

    Bullen, F. & G.F., Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Inscriptions

    (edge) (obverse) (reverse)

  • Material

    Brass

  • Classification

    Tokens, Australia - victoria, Checks

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    Numismatics

  • Type of item

    Object

  • Dimensions

    4.553 g (Weight)

  • Shape

    Round

  • References

    Heyde Related 12 Gardner, F., 'Trade tokens and the firms who issued them,' in The Australian Storekeepers and Traders Journal, 30 April 1913, pp. 10 - 11 (photocopy); Public Records Office of Victoria internet index of Unassisted Immigrants to Victoria, 1852 - 1923, VPRS 7666; Advertisement, The Mount Alexander Mail, 26 August 1861, p.1.
    [Book] Andrews, Arthur. 1921. Australasian Tokens and Coins.
    [Book] Heyde, Gilbert C. & Skinner, Dion H. 1967. Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand., p.30 Pages
    [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.