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Lot 2573 - Auction 33

AUSTRALIA: AE penny token, [1862], ...
AUSTRALIA: AE penny token, [1862], ...
AUSTRALIA: AE penny token, [1862], KM-Tn189, legend on both sides, 67 LITTLE COLLINS STREET EAST / ESTATE AGENT / & MONEY / LENDER / HUGH ... Read more
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65,00 USD (60,12 €)

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AUSTRALIA: AE penny token, [1862], KM-Tn189, legend on both sides, 67 LITTLE COLLINS STREET EAST / ESTATE AGENT / & MONEY / LENDER / HUGH PECK / HOTEL BROKER / & VALUATOR / ESTABLISHED / 1853 / MELBOURNE, VF. Copper one penny token minted by Thomas Stokes in Melbourne. Issued by Hugh Peck, an Estate Agent & Money Lender in Melbourne. Hugh Peck arrived in Victoria in 1852 and established a wholesale hay and corn store in Fitzroy. In 1853 he opened a business as 'speculator, auctioneer, and house and land agent' in the city. In 1859 he was listed as a Provision Merchant in Collingwood, then as a 'House and estate agent' in 1861. He issued his tokens in 1862.
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