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Token - The Way to be Happy Guide to Conduct

Location Victoria (Australian States)
Year 1885
Type Trade token
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Obverse description The field features a multi-line inspirational legend within a wreath of laurel branches, with the circular legend THE WAY TO BE HAPPY around the upper border. In the lower portion, a rainbow device separates the main text from an exergual inscription identifying the issuer as E.W. Cole Book Arcade Melbourne, with the series title FEDERATION OF THE WORLD MEDALS.
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Obverse lettering THE WAY TO BE HAPPY MAKE OTHERS AS HAPPY AS YOU CAN AND THEY WILL LOVE YOU AND MAKE YOU HAPPY IN RETURN, SUCH IS THE CHIEF WAY TO HAPPINESS FEDERATION OF THE WORLD MEDALS ISSUED BY E.W. COLE BOOK ARCADE MELBOURNE
Reverse description A tall palm tree occupies the central field as the primary device, with the legend GUIDE TO CONDUCT arcing along the upper border. Multi-line moralising text fills the field on either side of the palm trunk, with MADE IN U.S.A. inscribed in the lower exergue.
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