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Token - 1 Penny - R. S. Waterhouse, Hobart Tasmania

Issuer R. S. Waterhouse, Hobart Town
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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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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