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Token - Cole`s Ornament Exhibition Cole`s Book Arcade
| Location | Victoria
(Australian States) |
| Year | 1885 |
| Type | Trade tokens/Business token |
| Composition | Gold plated brass |
| Weight | 9.4 g |
| Diameter | 31 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round with a round hole |
| Technique | Milled (also in 2
mm thickness) |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Edge | Plain |
| Period | |
| Reference(s) | X#Dean D19 |
| Obverse description | Text only |
| Obverse lettering | COLE`S
ORNAMENT
EXHIBITION
BOOK ARCADE
MELBOURNE
OPENED 1885
* BEAUTIFY YOUR HOMES * PRETTIEST SIGHT IN AUSTRALIA |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Reverse description | Palm or Fern Tree |
| Reverse lettering | COLE`S BOOK ARCADE
FIRST OPENED
IN THE
WORLD
1873
A MILLION
BOOKS TO
CHOOSE FROM
GET ALMOST
ANY BOOK
HERE |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | ND (1885) - R2 rarity also in 2 mm thickness -
|
| Catalog ID | 9962218820 |
| Comments | |
