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1/2 Penny - Peek Tea Stores Sydney, New South Wales
| Issuer | Samuel Peek & Co. |
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| Year | 1852 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1788-1900) |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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| Mintage | 1852 - A428/R544 Gray 224 |
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Samuel Peek operated one of the more aggressive tea and grocery importing businesses in colonial Sydney during the gold rush years, and his decision to issue private copper tokens in 1852 was almost certainly driven by the same crisis that prompted dozens of Australian merchants to do the same: the sudden drainage of official coinage into the diggings at Ballarat and Bendigo. Men heading to the goldfields hoarded whatever metal they could, and Sydney's retail economy briefly seized up for small change. Peek's tokens filled that gap locally while simultaneously functioning as pocket-sized advertisements.
Andrews #A428 is among the better-documented of the New South Wales merchant series.