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1 Penny - Hanks and Lloyd Sydney, New South Wales
| Issuer | Hanks and Lloyd, Sydney |
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| Year | 1855 |
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| Reference(s) | Andrews#188, R#179, Gray#96 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is entirely typographic, bearing no pictorial device. The merchant's trade name appears in large raised letters across the centre of the field in three lines reading HANKS / AND / LLOYD, with the legend AUSTRALIAN TEA MART arranged along the upper periphery and SYDNEY along the lower periphery, all separated by dot stops. A beaded border encircles the design. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hanks and Lloyd operated as one of Sydney's principal ironmongers and hardware merchants during the 1850s gold rush years, when a chronic shortage of regal coinage in the colony made private token issues a practical necessity rather than a novelty. The New South Wales government had repeatedly failed to secure a reliable supply of small change from London, leaving merchants to fill the gap themselves.
The Andrews, Ryder, and Gray references all catalogue this piece, suggesting reasonable surviving numbers — though the 15-gram copper blanks were often melted or counterstamped once colonial currency finally stabilized in the 1860s.