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1 Penny - Alfred Taylor Adelaide, South Australia
| Issuer | South Australia |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Alfred Taylor operated a hardware and ironmongery business in Rundle Street, Adelaide, and issued these copper tokens during the chronic small-change shortage that plagued the Australian colonies in the early 1860s. The colonial government had no local mint, and British regal copper arrived too slowly and in insufficient quantities to meet everyday commerce. Merchants across South Australia filled the gap themselves, commissioning tokens from British diesinkers — the majority struck by John Stokes & Sons in Birmingham.
Taylor's token is among the more frequently encountered Adelaide merchant pieces, suggesting he ordered in reasonable quantity. Die alignment and edge treatment on surviving examples vary enough to confirm multiple production runs.