Token - 1 Penny, O.H. Hedberg, Oil & Colour Stores, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, circa 1860
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1860
Copper one Penny token, minted by W.J. Taylor of London, circa 1860. Issued by O.H. Hedberg, owner of Oil & Colour Stores, in Hobart, Tasmania. Hedburg was originally from Sweden but settled in Hobart in 1844 and became involved in the whaling industry. After the decline of the whaling industry in the mid-1850s, he opened a business as a produce merchant and commission agent in Argyle Street, Hobart, it is from this business his tokens were issued.
Hedberg's main issue was quite standard, being a penny and a halfpenny. However it is confused by the existence of a large number of patterns, mules and late strikes. The regular series of issued tokens had no pictorial element. A second group of penny token patterns offered a variety of forms of the seated Australia while the third group, provide a variety of mules in both penny and halfpenny denominations and should be considered late strikes.
Previous Collections: Hon. William M.K. Vale A round copper token (34 mm diameter) giving the name, address and business of the issuer: O.H. Hedberg, Swedish House, Argyle St. Hobart Ton (sic), Oil & Colour Store together with the denomination one penny. The token has no pictorial element. This token has been cleaned (resulting in a surface pitting) and varnished.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Edge
- Plain
- Shape
- Round
- Material
- Copper
- Dimensions
- 34 mm (Outside Diameter), 12.403 g (Weight)
Technical characteristics
- Series
- Trade Tokens
- Die axis
- 06
- Date issued
- circa 1860 AD
- Denomination
- 1 Penny
- Mint recorded
- W.J.Taylor, Mint (London, England, Great Britain)
- Issuer recorded
- O H Hedberg (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia)
Design
- Obverse
- At centre, O.H. / HEDBERG curved above, OIL & COLOUR STORE curved below, ARGYLE ST. HOBART TON
- Reverse
- At centre ONE PENNY curved above O.H. HEDBERG curved below SWEDISH HOUSE HOBART TON
- Inscription
- Obverse: O.H. HEDBERG OIL & COLOUR STORE ARGYLE ST. HOBART TON Reverse: O.H. HEDBERG SWEDISH HOUSE HOBART TON ONE PENNY
Identification
- Candidate id
- mv-71637
- Museum object number
- NU 3828
- Catalogue references (museum record)
- Die identification for the regular series penny; Obverse top bar O.H. HEDBERG & C A relationship to H Border beads; A 6.0 mm 10.0 mm 21.2 mm 1.0 mm points to top 167; B 6.0 mm 11.0 mm 20.0 mm 1.2 mm points above top 162; C 5.0 mm 10.5 mm 20.4 mm 2.2 mm points to top 167; Reverse PENNY G to * Border Beads; 1 14.9 mm 0.5 mm 165; 2 16.3 mm 1.2 mm 165
- 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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