Australasian penny token of Jones & Williamson 1858
Sorry, no image available.
William Joseph Taylor, designer obverse and reverse
1802 – 1885
Australasian penny token of Jones & Williamson 1858
1858
copper
1802 – 1885
Australasian penny token of Jones & Williamson 1858
1858
copper
- Place made
- London
- Medium
- copper
- Dimensions
- 3.4 cm (diam.)
- Accession number
- NC00750
- Signature and date
- Obverse Description: Legend in nine lines; JONES & WILLIAMSON / WHOLESALE / & / RETAIL / GROCERS, / WINE, SPIRIT / & PROVISION / MERCHANTS / DUNEDIN Reverse Description: Female figure representing Justice seated on a wool bale with legs to left but her head and upper body to front. A wine barrel lies on the ground behind her and a three-masted sailing ship sails to the right on the horizon to the left. She wears a blindfold and extends a balanced set of scales with her right hand. With her left she holds an inverted cornucopia from which fruits flow onto the ground. She wears an ancient-style of flowing dress bound at the waist, her left arm bare and right draped to near the elbow. Around above, NEW ZEALAND in exergue, 1858.
- Media category
- Coin
- Collection area
- International decorative arts and design