1 Penny - W. Watson Restrike - Ballarat, Victoria

Issuer Victoria
Year 1918
Type Emergency coin
Value 1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency Pound sterling (1788-1900)
Composition Copper
Weight 15.22 g
Diameter 34 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to 1863
Reference(s) Andrews#612, R#586, Gray#303c
Obverse description Text only
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering TOWN HALL HOTEL WINE & SPIRIT W.WATSON&CO. MERCHANTS ARMSTRONG ST BALLARAT
Reverse description At centre within a line circle a piece of grape vine with eleven large leaves and two bunches of grapes, below, but still within the line circle the manufacturers name T. STOKES MAKER MEL.; around above, VICTORIA . 1862, around below the Latin IN VINO VERITAS. Border of 116 beads. This is a Stokes stock reverse, used for many trade token issuers. It is numbered in the standard catalogues as: Sharples Vine 3 = Heyde Vine 3 = Andrews 7.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering VICTORIA. 1862 STOKES MAKER MEL IN VINO VERITAS
Edge Plain
Mint
Mintage ND (1918) - A612/R586 Gray# 303c; R 9 -
Numisquare ID 2059250290
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