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1 Penny - G. Hutton Hobart Town, Tasmania
| Issuer | G. Hutton, Ironmonger |
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| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a standing emu facing left and a rampant kangaroo facing right, both depicted in profile amid ground vegetation, serving as iconic Australian fauna symbols. The two animals are rendered in moderate relief against a plain field, with no legend or inscription present. The design is enclosed within a beaded outer border. This composition is a common reverse type shared among several Tasmanian and Australian colonial tradesmen's tokens of the mid-nineteenth century, evoking a local colonial identity. |
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| Mintage | ND - A278/R 282 KM-Tn131 |
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G. Hutton operated an ironmongery in Hobart Town during the mid-nineteenth century, a period when chronic small-change shortages across the Australian colonies forced merchants to commission their own copper tokens rather than wait on distant imperial authorities to supply adequate coinage. These tradesman's tokens circulated by local consent and commercial necessity, filling a gap that official channels consistently failed to address until the introduction of the Australian decimal system was still a century away.
The Andrews and Renniks references place this firmly within the documented Tasmanian series, though survivor populations vary considerably between merchants — Hutton's issue is not among the rarest but is seldom found above Fine due to heavy commercial use.