• Title
  Item 0447: Davies, Alexander & Co. penny token, [between 1850-1863]
• Call number
  SAFE/DN/T 447
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  [between 1850-1863]
• Type of material
  Coins
• Reference code
  9590427
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 penny token - copper - diameter 34 mm
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - Due to security reasons this collection is not available for browsing
• Description source
  
  Numismatic and Philatelic Lists
• General note
  
  Australia, Tokens.
  
  Davies, Alexander Penny, Copper.
  
  Andrews number 97.
  
  Penny (n.d.) 34mm. Normal.
  
  Obverse - Within a beaded inner circle a golden fleece, and between it and the beaded rim DAVIES ALEXANDER & CO above and GOULBURN . below. The word GOULBURN is longer and the fleece is slightly different when compared to Andrews number 96.
  
  Reverse - Within a beaded inner circle the Australian Arms with ADVANCE AUSTRALIA on the scroll, ESTABLISHED above, 1837 beneath, and between it and the beaded rim AUSTRALIAN STORES above, GOULBURN below. The tail of the kangaroo against the second S of STORES. When compared to Andrews number 95, there is a wider space between AUSTRALIAN and STORES, and the word GOULBURN is shorter. Also, the tail of the kangaroo points close below the E of STORES.
  
  DN/T 447 - Condition Fair, obverse dent between but slightly below legs of fleece
• Date note
  
  Date from Museums Victoria Collections catalogue record for Item NU 3666.
  
  Reference:
  Museums Victoria Collections. https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/ (accessed 23 February, 2018)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE9152095

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