Summary

Australia Victoria Melbourne
W.J. Taylor "United States" Token, c. 1876 (AD)
Mint: W.J. Taylor, London

Standard References: Andrews 575 = Heyde Related 74
Other Details: Believed to have been manufactured for sale at the Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876.

Physical Description

A copper token (28 mm diameter) featuring Liberty seated facing left on a rock surrounded by ocean, she extends an olive branch in her left hand and rests a staff bearing the Cap of Liberty on her right shoulder with the words UNITED STATES around above; and on the reverse, a kangaroo seated on tail in grassy field facing right, around above, MELBOURNE; in exergue in four lines W.J. TAYLOR MEDALLIST TO THE GREAT EXHIBITION 1851.

Obverse Description

Liberty seated facing left on a rock surrounded by ocean, she extends an olive branch in her left hand and rests a staff bearing the Cap of Liberty on her right shoulder, the words UNITED STATES around above.

Reverse Description

Kangaroo seated on tail in grassy field facing right, around above, MELBOURNE; in exergue in four lines W.J. TAYLOR MEDALLIST TO THE GREAT EXHIBITION 1851

Edge Description

Plain

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