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1 Penny - Robert Hyde and Co. Melbourne, Victoria
| Uitgever | Robert Hyde & Co. |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1857-1861 |
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| Waarde | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
| Diameter | Log in om details te zien |
| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central field features an early Australian arms-style heraldic shield, quartered with depictions of a sheep, a sailing vessel, a bull, and an anchor, surmounted by a radiant sun with a human face. The shield is supported on the dexter side by an emu and on the sinister side by a kangaroo, both rendered in fine relief. A scrolled ribbon beneath the supporters bears the patriotic motto ADVANCE AUSTRALIA. The peripheral legend PEACE & PLENTY arcs across the upper field, and the date 1861 appears in large numerals in the lower exergue. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Rand | Plain |
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| Oplage | Log in om details te zien |
| Aanvullende informatie |
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.