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1/2 Penny - Peek Tea Stores Sydney, New South Wales
| Issuer | Samuel Peek & Co. |
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| Year | 1852 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Seated figure of Britannia facing left, helmeted and draped, holding a trident in her right hand and resting her left hand on a shield, in the classic British regal halfpenny style. The date 1852 appears prominently in the exergue below the figure. The legend BRITANNIA arcs across the upper field. The strike is notably crude, with weak and uneven relief characteristic of privately produced colonial tokens of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Depiction of the Peek & Campbell Tea Stores building in Sydney, rendered in a straightforward architectural style typical of mid-nineteenth century colonial trade tokens. The establishment date 1835 is incorporated into the legend, affirming the founding of the tea trade business. The legends TEA STORES, ESTABLISHED 1835, and SYDNEY are distributed around the central device. Although the firm of Peek & Campbell had ceased operations by 1844, these tokens are attributed to Samuel Peek & Co. or S. Peek & Co. as the likely issuing authority. |
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