Token - Thorbecke`s Cigarettes T1 Smoking Bear in Circle
Token - Thorbecke`s Cigarettes T1 Smoking Bear in Circle
€413,866.00
Location
Australia
Year
1880
Type
Medals/Advertising
medallions
Composition
Brass
Weight
7.65 g
Diameter
30.5 mm
Thickness
1 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain Thorbecke`s brass advertising token undated. Seen in Australia and New Zealand and is listed in Dean`s ‘A Pot Pourri of Queensland Numismatica’ and in the Bertrand Catalogue This is the Bear in a circle type. There is another type (no circle ar
Bear in centre with circle surrounding , facing with paws folded, smoking pipe, lettering either side on ribbon. Lettering above and below
Obverse lettering
SMOKE THORBECKE`S
`MONOPOLY`
REGISTERED TRADE MARK
MACHINE MADE
* CIGARETTES *
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Text only
Reverse lettering
ALTHOUGH
USING EXQUISITE
TOBACCOS & BEST
RICE PAPER THE
MAKING BY MACHINERY
ENABLES THEM TO OFFER
TO THE CONSUMER
20 FOR 8D
10 FOR 4D
TOB. TRADE REVIEW 9/10/80 (Translation: TOB. TRADE REV. = Tobacco Trade Review award: 9/10/1880)
