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1 Penny - Harrold Brothers Adelaide, South Australia
| Issuer | Harrold Brothers |
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| Year | 1858 |
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| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents an entirely typographic design within a plain field, with all lettering arranged in a radiating, curved fashion conforming to the coin's circular format. The legend HARROLD BROTHERS arcs prominently along the upper periphery, while the descriptive text WHOLESALE & RETAIL IRONMONGERS is distributed across the central field in three lines. The address HINDLEY ST ADELAIDE curves along the lower portion of the coin. The entire design is enclosed by a continuous beaded border running along the inner rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | HARROLD BROTHERS WHOLESALE & RETAIL IRONMONGERS HINDLEY ST ADELAIDE |
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Harrold Brothers operated a drapery and general merchandise business on Rundle Street, Adelaide, and issued this token during the chronic small-change shortage that plagued the Australian colonies throughout the 1850s. The official copper coinage from Britain arrived irregularly and in quantities wholly inadequate for a population swelling under the pressures of the gold rush era. Colonial merchants filled the gap themselves, commissioning tokens from London diesinkers — in this case almost certainly from the firm of Joseph Moore of Birmingham, who produced the bulk of South Australian merchant pieces.
Andrews #195 places this squarely within a documented series, and survivors turn up with enough frequency to suggest a substantial original striking.