Australian Tokens - Are The Sizes Correct ?

Australian tradesman's tokens were circulated at a time when British copper / bronze coins were scarce in Australia.

After 1855, Australian commerce was served with Australian minted sovereigns and half sovereigns, imported British silver, and scarcely imported British copper / bronze coins.

The gap was filled with Australian tokens, which are now an essential part of Australian numismatic history.

Yes, we saw those here, too.

I said I'd look up values, and forgot until now.

#1: This is one of the Australian arms/In Vino Veritas types made by T. Stokes as generic or stock tokens. This particular variety is Renniks #541, Andrews #546 and Krause KM# Tn236.1; my old Krause does not distinguish between the varieties, only noting that "eight varieties exist". Renniks (which lists 7 varieties) lists it at AU$150 in VF, Krause currently at US$175.

#2: There are five reported varieties of this type in Renniks, the same five are listed in Krause. Two of them are dated type (34mm), the others are 31mm. Yours is the type listed as Renniks #213, Krause KM# Tn99.2. Prices AU$275 and US$350. I should point out that this is one place where Krause and Renniks disagree: the diameter of these two dated types. Krause has them at 34mm while Renniks at 31mm, the same as the undated types. It sounds like Krause is in the wrong in this case.

#3: a stock/advertising halfpenny token from WJ Taylor. Only one variety is listed: Renniks 538, Andrews 573 and KM Tn244. One of the commonest Aussie tradesman tokens. Prices AU$50 and US$100 in VF.

In general, the Krause prices appear to be on the high side, especially given that there's far more demand for this series in Australia than overseas.

yipee, I found my old book in the shed after all these years of being lost ..it has lots of tokens in it also ..






i thought it went out with the rubbish when we moved house ..
silly me .. ,, kel ,,