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Token - 1 Penny - R. S. Waterhouse, Hobart Tasmania
| Issuer | R. S. Waterhouse, Hobart Town |
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| Year | 1855-1860 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Entirely typographic obverse composed of multiple concentric circular legends in capital letters, filling the field without any central device. The inscriptions advertise the issuing merchant establishment in a series of rings reading from the periphery inward. A raised border with fine denticles frames the design. The layout is characteristic of Australian colonial tradesman tokens of the mid-nineteenth century. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a small child standing and holding a large balance scale, serving as an allegorical personification of fair trade and fixed-price commerce. The figure is rendered in relief against a plain field. Concentric circular legends surround the central vignette, and the whole is enclosed by a raised border with denticles. The imagery and inscriptions together convey the commercial virtues of the issuing establishment. |
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