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Token - Halfpenny, Paper, Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Co, Victoria, Australia, circa 1863
Reg. No: NU 32487
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- Summary:
- Australia Victoria Melbourne
Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Co. Paper Token Halfpenny c. 1863 (AD)
Mint: not recorded - Description:
- A circular uniface card (28 mm diameter) printed with the name of the issuing company : Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Co. and a promise to pay the bearer one Half-Penny. It is signed in ink TW (?)
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 29 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 0.45 g (Weight) |
More information
| Tagged with: | rail transport, railways |
| Themes this item is part of: | Numismatics & Philately Collection, Transport Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Melbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway Co., Melbourne, Victoria, Alfred Chitty Collection |
| Primary Classification: | TRADE TOKENS |
| Secondary Classification: | Australia - Victoria |
| Tertiary Classification: | working strikes |
| Series: | Trade Tokens |
| DateEra: | circa 1863 AD |
| Denomination: | Halfpenny |
| Obverse Description: | At centre in five lines PAY / BEARER / ONE / HALF-PENNY / TW, around on a belt, THE MELBOURNE & HOBSONS BAY UNITED RAILWAY Co. |
| Reverse Description: | Olain |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: THE MELBOURNE & HOBSONS BAY UNITED RAILWAY Co. PAY BEARER ONE HALF-PENNY |
| Shape: | Round |
| Material: | Cardboard |
| Issued By: | Melbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway Co., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1863 |
| Previous Collection: | Mr Alfred Chitty |
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