825801
- TitleItem 0663: Quarter ounce gold coin, 1853
- Call numberSAFE/DN/C 663
- Level of descriptionitem
- Date
1853 - Type of material
- Reference code825801
- Physical Description1 coin - gold - 18 mm. diameter
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Forms part of Series 01 Part 09: Sir William Dixson coin collection : Australian Kangaroo Office currency
The Kangaroo Office operated for three years in Melbourne as a private mint. The Patterns were four ‘tokens’ made from gold, weighing respectively one quarter ounce, one half ounce, one ounce and two ounces. They were to resemble money as closely as legally possible, but would be valuable and could be traded for their gold content. The Kangaroo Office Patterns are also known as the Taylor Patterns, and the Port Phillip Patterns.
(Source: Mint Issue / Royal Australian Mint. July 2003, No. 53) - Access Conditions
Access via appointment - Due to security reasons this collection is not available for browsing - Published InformationSee Andrews no. 780 in Australasian tokens and coins : a handbook / by ... A. Andrews ; issued by the ... Mitchell Library (Sydney : Govt. Printer, 1921)
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Digital order no:Album ID : 1003638 - Subject
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Artefact or Fiction: Curriculum highlights, 20 April 2018 to 19 April 2019 - State Library of New South Wales (20 April, 2018 - 19 April, 2019)
Artefact or Fiction: Curriculum highlights, 18 April 2019 to 20 April 2020 - State Library of New South Wales (April, 2019 - April, 2020)
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