Token - Halfpenny, Crocker & Hamilton, Drapers & Clothiers, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1857
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1857
Copper Halfpenny Token, minted by an unknown British Mint. Issued by Crocker & Hamilton, Drapers & Clothiers, Adelaide, circa 1857. The firm Crocker & Hamilton, Drapers, were in business from at least 1854. They are listed in Howell's Adelaide Directory for 1858, although the partnership must have been dissolved between the time Howell collected the listings for his directory and July of that year as during that month advertisements appeared in the Adelaide Advertiser informing the public that Crocker & Co. were 'SELLING OFF, SELLING OFF. - Crocker & Co. beg to inform the public of South Australia that they have determined on relinquishing the DRAPERY TRADE.' These advertisements continued until September 1858, indicating that the public had not cleared the stock of Crocker & Co. at any great pace.
A round copper token (28 mm diameter). The token features the name address and business of the issuer: Crocker & Hamilton of Adelaide, Port Adelaide and Burra Burra, Drapers, Silk Merchants and Clothiers. It features a front view of the companies shop at Regent House in Adelaide. This token has been cleaned and has re-toned in patches.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Edge
- Plain
- Shape
- Round
- Material
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 28 mm (Outside Diameter), 7.413 g (Weight)
Technical characteristics
- Series
- Trade Tokens
- Die axis
- 06
- Date issued
- 1857 AD
- Denomination
- Halfpenny
- Issuer recorded
- Crocker & Hamilton (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
Design
- Obverse
- At centre within line circle, DRAPERS / SILK MERCHANTS / AND / CLOTHERS; around, CROCKER AND HAMILTON . 1857 . Fine die cracks from rim to R of CROCKER and from rim to M of HAMILTON.
- Reverse
- At centre within line circle a view of the shop front the windows filled with clothing, above the door, REGENT HOUSE; below the windows left, TAILORS right, DRAPERS; around, ADELAIDE, PORT ADELAIDE . AND BURRA BURRA .
- Inscription
- Obverse: CROCKER AND HAMILTON DRAPERS SILK MERCHANTS AND CLOTHERS 1857 Reverse: ADELAIDE, PORT ADELAIDE AND BURRA BURRA REGENT HOUSE TAILORS DRAPERS
Identification
- Candidate id
- mv-59019
- Museum object number
- NU 11094
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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