Australasian penny token of R. Andrew Mather, c. mid-nineteenth century

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Heaton & Sons, designer obverse and reverse

Australasian penny token of R. Andrew Mather, c. mid-nineteenth century
mid 19th century
copper
Place made
Birmingham, England
Medium
copper
Dimensions
3.4 cm (diam.)
Credit line
Gift, 1921
Accession number
NC00643
Signature and date
Obverse Description: At centre, FAMILY / DRAPER / &c.; around above, . R. ANDREW MATHER. around below, HOBART TOWN Reverse Description: Female figure representing Justice standing facing 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 is draped to near the elbow while drapery falls from her extended arm to below the horizon line behind; around above, TASMANIA. A three-masted sailing ship on horizon at left of token.
Media category
Coin
Collection area
International decorative arts and design