Summary
Copper one Penny Surcharged Token, minted by Heaton & Sons, 1857. Issued by Hide & De Carle, Grocers & Wine Merchants, Melbourne, 1857. Surcharged 'T heart D'.
Thomas Hide and Edward De Carle formed a partnership in 1857. They had both been running their own businesses in Melbourne for several years beforehand. They founded a Grocery, Wine and Spirit merchant's business on Elizabeth Street, which lasted until 1861. Their business also included a land and estate agency. Hide and De Carle issued a total of 16 types of penny and half penny tokens, eight in 1857 and eight in 1858. All the tokens were struck by Heaton and Sons of Birmingham.
Physical Description
A round copper token (34 mm diameter) giving the name address and business of the issuer: Hide & De Carle, Elizabeth St. Melbourne, Grocers and wine merchants.. The token features at centre of the obverse a male lion standing to left with head crowned facing front, its right paw is raised and rests on a shield bearing the Union Jack, its tail curved back over its body. On the reverse a female figure representing Justice seated on a wool bale with legs to left but her head and upper body to front. A wine barrel lies on the ground behind her, its end decorated with a cross to hint at a Union Jack (as found beside Britannia on the copper coins of the period). A three-masted sailing ship sails to the right on the horizon to the left. Justice 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. She wears an ancient-style of flowing dress bound at the waist, her left arm bare and right draped to near the elbow. It bears the date 1857. The reverse has been surcharged with T D seperated by a heart.
Obverse Description
At centre within two concentric rings of text devided by a beaded circle, a male lion standing to left with head crowned facing front, its right paw is raised and rests on a shield bearing the Union Jack, its tail curved back over its body. Around, .HIDE & DE CARLE. GROCERS & WINE MERCHANTS / . ELIZABETH STREET . MELBOURNE
Reverse Description
female figure representing Justice seated on a wool bale with legs to left but her head and upper body to front. A wine barrel lies on the ground behind her, its end decorated with a cross to hint at a Union Jack (as found beside Britannia on the copper coins of the period). A three-masted sailing ship sails to the right on the horizon to the left. Justice 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. She wears an ancient-style of flowing dress bound at the waist, her left arm bare and right draped to near the elbow. Around above; MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. in exergue; 1857. The token is surcharged with T a heart D
Edge Description
Plain
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Mr Alfred Chitty, 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
1857 AD
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Issued By
Hide & De Carle, 41 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1857
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Mint
Heaton & Sons (Mint), Birmingham, England, Great Britain, 1857
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Previous Collection
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Inscriptions
Obverse: HIDE & DE CARLE. GROCERS & WINE MERCHANTS ELIZABETH STREET MELBOURNE Reverse: MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. 1857 T D
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Denomination
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Series
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Material
Copper
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Axis
06
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Classification
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Type of item
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Dimensions
34 mm (Outside Diameter), 14.908 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
Gardner, F., Trade tokens and the firms who issued them, The Australian Storekeepers & Traders Journal, 31 August 1911, p. 20 (photocopy); Gardner, F., Trade tokens and the firms who issued them, The Australian Storekeepers & Traders Journal, 31 May 1910 p. 10; Melbourne directories from the collection of the State Library of Victoria, 1853-1859; Advertisement, The Argus, Saturday 2 July 1853, p.9;
[Book] Andrews, Arthur. 1921. Australasian Tokens and Coins., No.228
[Book] Heyde, Gilbert C. & Skinner, Dion H. 1967. Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand., cf No.106/5
[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., V.72
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