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1 Penny - R. Parker - Ironmonger Geelong, Victoria
| Issuer | Victoria |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse description | A standing allegorical figure of Justice, blindfolded and holding a balance scale in her right hand, faces left in the central field. A sailing vessel is depicted in the background, navigating to the left. A beaded border frames the design, and the legend AUSTRALIA encircles the composition. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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R. Parker operated an ironmongery in Geelong during the colonial token era of the 1850s and 1860s, when chronic shortages of regal small change forced Victorian merchants to commission their own copper pieces from British die-sinkers — principally the Birmingham firm of Heaton & Sons. The Andrews, Ryder, and Gray references each catalog slight die variants of this piece, suggesting more than one working die was employed, a not uncommon situation when replacement dies were ordered across shipping voyages lasting months.