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Type : Token de 1 Penny Murray & Christie, Castlemaine
Date: 1862
Quantity minted : -
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 15,62 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MURRAY / AND / CHRISTIE / CASTLEMAINE.
Reverse
Reverse legend : GROCERS / IRONMONGERS / CHINA & GLASS / WARE / MERCHANTS.
Commentary
Les émissions privées de token de 1 penny et 1/2 penny concernent plus de 126 firmes avec plus de 530 émissions. Leur nombre culmine à partir des années 1850 avec la découverte de fillons d’or. Les monnaies en bronze britanniques arrivent à partir de 1860 remplaçant ces tokens devenus impopulaires. Les derniers tokens circulent jusqu’en 1878 en Australie de l’Ouest..
Private issues of 1 penny and 1/2 penny tokens involved more than 126 firms with over 530 issues. Their number peaked in the 1850s with the discovery of gold veins. British bronze coins arrived in 1860, replacing these tokens, which had become unpopular. The last tokens circulated until 1878 in Western Australia.
Private issues of 1 penny and 1/2 penny tokens involved more than 126 firms with over 530 issues. Their number peaked in the 1850s with the discovery of gold veins. British bronze coins arrived in 1860, replacing these tokens, which had become unpopular. The last tokens circulated until 1878 in Western Australia.
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