1 Penny - Robert Andrew Mather, Family Draper Hobart; Tasmania

Features

Issuer Tasmania (Australian States)
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Token
Value 1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency Pound sterling (1788-1900)
Composition Copper
Diameter 34 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
151835
References KM# Tn163
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Obverse

In the center is a woman (Justice) with a bandage over her eyes and a scale in her right hand, looking to the left, in the background the ship is sailing to the left, legend around

Script: Latin

Lettering: TASMANIA

Reverse

Text only

Script: Latin

Lettering:
R. ANDREW MATHER
FAMILY
DRAPER
& c.
Hobart Town

Comments

Token - 1 Penny, Robert Andrew Mather, Family Draper, Hobart, Tasmania
A round copper token (34 mm diameter) featuring the name and business of the company which issued the tokens: R. Andrew Mather & Co. Hobart Town, Family Drapers. The reverse depicts a 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

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