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1 Penny - Stead Bros - Vines Bendigo; Victoria
1862 year| Copper | 15 g | 34 mm |
| Issuer | Victoria (Australian States) |
|---|---|
| Queen | Victoria (1837-1901) |
| Type | Token |
| Year | 1862 |
| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
| Currency | Pound sterling (1788-1900) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 15 g |
| Diameter | 34 mm |
| Thickness | 2.4 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-10-04 |
| Numista | N#321879 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 94% |
Reverse
Legend around vines and grapes
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VICTORIA 1862
IN VINO VERITAS
Translation: In wine is truth
Edge
Plain
Comment
One Penny Token, minted by Thomas Stokes, Melbourne. Issued by Stead Bros, Grocers & Seedsmen, Bendigo, Victoria, 1862. The three Stead brothers came to Victoria in the early 1850s from Leeds in England. They established themselves as 'fruiteries, grocers and produce merchants' in Bendigo.Interesting fact
One interesting fact about the Token 1 Penny - Stead Bros - Vines (Bendigo; Victoria) 1862 from Victoria (Australian States) made of Copper weighing 15g is that it was issued during a time when there was a severe shortage of official currency in the colony of Victoria, and private tokens like this one were used as a substitute for official currency.
