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1 Penny - Robert Hyde and Co. Melbourne, Victoria
| Emittent | Robert Hyde & Co. |
|---|---|
| Jahr | 1857-1861 |
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| Währung | Pound sterling (1788-1900) |
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| Reversbeschreibung | The reverse is divided into an outer annular legend zone and a central panel, both separated by a raised beaded inner ring. The outer circular legend reads ROBERT HYDE & Co around the upper arc and MELBOURNE around the lower arc, all within a beaded border. The central panel contains a multi-line merchant advertisement in raised block lettering: GENERAL MARINE STORE / SHIPPERS OF RAGS GLASS METALS / &.C., providing a clear record of the issuing firm's commercial activities as a general marine store dealer in mid-nineteenth-century Melbourne. |
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| Rand | Plain |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Robert Hyde & Co. operated as an ironmonger and general hardware merchant in Melbourne during the goldrush decade, when the colonial government's chronic failure to supply adequate small change left a vacuum filled almost entirely by private traders. The so-called "dump and holey dollar" era was long past, and the new problem was simple volume — the population of Victoria had exploded from roughly 77,000 in 1851 to over half a million by mid-decade, and official copper simply could not keep pace.
Hyde's tokens were struck in Birmingham, almost certainly by Ralph Heaton & Sons, who supplied the majority of Australian merchant tokens during this period.