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1/2 Penny - E.F. Dease Launceston: Tasmania
| Issuer | Tasmania |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a ram suspended upside-down by a decorative ribbon tied at the hocks, a motif emblematic of the wool trade that was central to Tasmania's colonial economy. At the top of the field, a pineapple device is depicted above the ribbon, serving as a decorative finial. The circular Latin legend SIC VOS NON VOBIS VELLERA FERTIS OVES + runs around the entire periphery, a Virgilian phrase meaning 'thus you bears fleeces for others, not for yourselves,' alluding directly to the pastoral wool industry. The design is contained within a beaded border and is executed in a plain, functional engraving style typical of Australian colonial tradesmen's tokens of the mid-nineteenth century. |
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| Reverse lettering | SIC VOS NON VOBIS VELLERA FERTIS OVES + |
| Edge | Milled |
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