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| 正面描述 | Central field displays the Queensland colonial coat of arms, featuring a quartered shield surmounted by a radiant sun, flanked by an emu as sinister supporter and a kangaroo as dexter supporter, both standing on a grassed ground line. A ribbon below the shield bears the motto ADVANCE AUSTRALIA. The legend QUEENSLAND curves along the upper periphery, while the date 1864 appears prominently in large numerals across the lower field. A fine dotted border encircles the entire design. |
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| 正面铭文 | QUEENSLAND ADVANCE AUSTRALIA 1864 |
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J. Sawyer operated a hardware and general merchants business in Brisbane during the early colonial period, issuing this token at a time when Queensland's copper coinage supply was chronically inadequate for retail trade. The colonial government had no local mint, and small-change shortages were a persistent commercial headache throughout the 1860s. Merchants issuing their own copper was not merely tolerated — it was practically necessary.
The Andrews, Renniks, and Gray listings all catalogue this piece, suggesting it has a reasonably documented provenance within Australian token studies, though Sawyer tokens are not among the more frequently encountered Brisbane merchant issues.