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1 Penny - Metcalfe & Lloyd Sydney, New South Wales
| Issuer | Metcalfe & Lloyd |
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| Year | 1863 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is entirely typographic in design, with no central effigy. The firm name METCALFE & LLOYD is boldly struck in large capital letters across the central field, with the ampersand positioned between the two names. The address 478 GEORGE ST is inscribed in a straight line below the firm name, with SYDNEY in large display capitals along the lower arc. A circular peripheral legend reads SHIPPING AND FAMILY GROCERS, framing the field, and the whole is bordered by a continuous beaded rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Metcalfe & Lloyd operated as ironmongers and general merchants in Sydney during the 1860s, a period when the colonial government had still not resolved the chronic shortage of small change that plagued everyday retail transactions across New South Wales. Private traders filled the gap themselves, commissioning tradesman's tokens from Birmingham die-sinkers — primarily the Heaton Mint — who supplied the Australian colonial market almost exclusively during this decade. The Andrews and Ryde references place this piece within a well-documented series, though survivor populations vary sharply between merchants depending on how aggressively tokens were redeemed or hoarded once official coinage improved.