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1 Penny - Peace and Plenty Melbourne, Victoria
| Issuer | Victoria |
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| Year | 1858-1859 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1788-1900) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1858 - Shift to N#123046 - 1859 - A655/R418 KM#285 (P & P dated without legend) - 1859 - A656/R419 KM#285 (P & P dated without legend) more space between P in PEACE and back of emu - |
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Struck privately by the Melbourne firm of Hodgson & Robinson, these tokens filled a genuine void — the colonial government of Victoria had no official small-change coinage, and British copper rarely made it this far in usable quantities. The gold rush of the early 1850s had pulled enormous wealth through Melbourne, but paradoxically left everyday commerce starved of low-denomination currency. Tradesmen's tokens like this one circulated by practical necessity, not legal sanction.
The "Peace and Plenty" series is among the better-documented of Victorian-era merchant tokens, with die linkages traceable to British token manufacturers supplying the Australian market.