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| Location | Victoria (Australian States) |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears entirely text in the field, with the proprietor's name DAVID JONES in large letters across the centre, flanked above and below by the words IMPORTER, BALLAARAT, and ESTAB:1853. A circular legend around the periphery, separated by a beaded border, reads CRITERION DRAPERY ESTABLISHMENT and WHOLESALE & RETAIL. |
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| Obverse lettering | CRITERION DRAPERY ESTABLISHMENT DAVID JONES IMPORTER BALLAARAT ESTAB:1853 WHOLESALE & RETAIL |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a relief view of the Criterion House building on Sturt Street, Ballarat, shown as a two-storey commercial premises with arcaded ground floor and regularly spaced windows above. The legend CRITERION HOUSE arcs around the upper periphery within a beaded border, with STURT ST. above the building, BALLAARAT and the date 1862 in the lower field, and DAVID JONES PROPRIETOR along the lower periphery. |
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