Brisbane 1864 penny token KM-Tn208
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This specimen was lot 74275 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRALIA. Queensland. Brisbane. Copper Penny Token, 1864. PCGS AU-58. Struck for J. Sawyer Wholesale and Retail Tobacconist of Brisbane, Queensland." Filling a shortage of coinage in the expanding economy, private tokens flourished until finally being banned in the 1870's. The SCWC lists nearly three hundred varieties. Today most are very scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.2 g, copper, 34 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-Tn208.
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- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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