Adelaide Assay office 1852 One Pound, type 2 lead (Pewter?) trial piece
Joshua Payne, designer obverse and reverse
Australia
c.1810 – May 1889
Adelaide Assay office 1852 One Pound, type 2 lead (Pewter?) trial piece
1852
pewter or lead
Australia
c.1810 – May 1889
Adelaide Assay office 1852 One Pound, type 2 lead (Pewter?) trial piece
1852
pewter or lead
- Place made
- Adelaide
- Medium
- pewter or lead
- Dimensions
- 2.2 cm (diam.)
- Credit line
- Purchase, 1912
- Accession number
- NC00592
- Signature and date
- Obverse: Centre, Crown, below date 1852 all within a beaded and wavy line circle. Around outer border, GOVERNMENT ASSAY OFFICE ADELAIDE. Reverse: centre, VALUE / ONE / POUND all within a beaded and wavy line circle, around outer border, WEIGHT 5 DWT : 15 GRS 22 CARATS.
- Media category
- Coin
- Collection area
- Australian decorative arts and design