Australasian Halfpenny token of Robert Hyde & Co. 1861
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Heaton & Sons, designer obverse and reverse
Australasian Halfpenny token of Robert Hyde & Co. 1861
1861
copper
Australasian Halfpenny token of Robert Hyde & Co. 1861
1861
copper
- Place made
- Birmingham, England
- Medium
- copper
- Dimensions
- 2.8 cm (diam.)
- Accession number
- NC00709
- Signature and date
- Obverse Description: At centre within a line circle, GENERAL / MARINE / STORE / - / SHIPPERS OF / RAGS GLASS / METALS / &c.; around above, ROBERT HYDE & CO; around below, MELBOURNE Reverse Description : Coat of Arms consisting of a central shield below a Rising Sun supported by an emu at left and kangaroo at right all resting on a ribbon with the motto ADVANCE AUSTRALIA. The shield is quartered and contains: upper left - a golden fleece; upper right - a three-masted sailing ship; lower left - a bull standing facing left; lower right an anchor. Around above, PEACE & PLENTY below, 1861.
- Media category
- Coin
- Collection area
- International decorative arts and design