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1 Penny - David Jones Ballarat, Victoria
| Issuer | Victoria |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | CRITERION HOUSE STURT ST BALLAARAT 1862 DAVID JONES PROPRIETOR |
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David Jones operated a drapery and general merchandise store in Ballarat during the gold rush period, when the colony's official copper coinage was chronically insufficient for small retail transactions. Colonial merchants across Victoria responded by commissioning trade tokens from private diesinkers — primarily in Birmingham — which circulated semi-officially until the Queensland and Victorian governments moved to suppress them in 1863 and 1864 respectively. This piece was struck just before that window closed.