Summary
Australia Victoria Melbourne
W.J. Taylor "United States" Token, c. 1876 (AD)
Mint: W.J. Taylor, London
Previous Collections: National Gallery of Victoria (Yelland?)
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
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Numismatics & Philately, Public Life & Institutions, Working Life & Trades
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
circa 1876 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
W.J.Taylor, Mint, London, England, Great Britain, circa 1876
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Previous Collection
Dr Alfred A.W. Yelland
Possibly previously from Yelland Collection? -
Previous Collection
Numismatics Collection, National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), circa 1933?-1976
National Gallery of Victoria (possibly from Yelland Collection?) -
Inscriptions
Obverse: UNITED STATES Reverse: MELBOURNE W.J. TAYLOR MEDALLIST TO THE GREAT EXHIBITION 1851.
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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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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Dimensions
28 mm (Outside Diameter), 7.604 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
Andrews 575 = Heyde Related 74
[Book] Andrews, Arthur. 1921. Australasian Tokens and Coins.
[Book] Heyde, Gilbert C. & Skinner, Dion H. 1967. Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand.
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