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Australia, 1858 Hogarth and Erichsen Threepence -
One of Australia’s earliest silver threepences were the private issues of Messrs Julius Hogarth and Conrad Erichsen. Manufactured to meet local demand for small coinage, the businessmen struck several versions of threepences with different designs over a number of years. Most designs, like the above example, bore a reverse inspired by the British threepence, while the obverse featured Australian-themed flora and fauna in various arrangements. While mostly British coinage circulated around Australia during the high Victorian age, a large number of private copper tokens were issued. Fewer private issues were issued in silver, so the Hogarth and Erichson threepences (and fourpence) continue to be popular with token collectors and accumulators of early Australiana today.
Grades PCGS F15.Product ID: 185840857374