Australasian Penny token of Davies, Alexander & Co C mid-19th c
Heaton & Sons, designer obverse and reverse
Australasian Penny token of Davies, Alexander & Co C mid-19th c
mid 19th century
copper
Australasian Penny token of Davies, Alexander & Co C mid-19th c
mid 19th century
copper
- Place made
- Birmingham, England
- Medium
- copper
- Dimensions
- 3.4 cm (diam.)
- Accession number
- NC00676
- Signature and date
- Obverse Description: At centre within a circle of dots a Golden Fleece; around above, DAVIES ALEXANDER & Co; below, . GOULBURN . 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; above, ESTABLISHED; below, 1837; around outside circle of beads, AUSTRALIAN STORE GOULBURN
- Media category
- Coin
- Collection area
- International decorative arts and design