Couple recent finds

[mineallmine]

 

[Guessologist]

Nice, never seen a Paris-type buckle with a date on it like that!

 

[mineallmine]

Nice, never seen a Paris-type buckle with a date on it like that!

it's only the second one I've found with a date

 

[mineallmine]

 

[mineallmine]

 

[Eldorado]

3.2 million minted.Considered a scarce date to find.

 

[mineallmine]

3.2 million minted.Considered a scarce date to find.

Cheers Greg, but hands Up who has found one?

 

[silver]

Found 4 only...

Links to find posts

Mike zoom
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=256369#p256369

Sandta
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=251031#p251031

tailormarc
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=453099#p453099

Goldpick
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=140005#p140005

 

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[mineallmine]

1841 halfpenny (maybe 47) bit I like 41 better

 

[mineallmine]

Cracker of a day today

 

[mineallmine]

Copper One Penny Token, minted by Heaton & Sons, Birmingham. Issued by E. De Carle & Co, Grocers & Spirit Merchant, Melbourne, in 1855. De Carle arrived in Australia in 1849. Over the following fourteen years he was involved in a wide range of business ventures in Melbourne, taking advantage of the explosive growth caused by the gold rush. He later moved to New Zealand, where he died. De Carle's three different tokens, which featured his business as 'Grocers and Spirit Merchants,' 'Auctioneers and Land Agents' and 'Auctioneers, etc.,' indicated the range of his business activities and speculation. He was also involved in the urbanisation of Footscray and a section of Brunswick. De Carle operated his businesses with a number of partners, in a network of business dealings.

 

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1845 and 1858

 

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[mineallmine]

1817 G3 shilling
1911 halfpenny

 

[mineallmine]

The tokens & counters that bear the words "To Hanover" (commonly known as Cumberland Jacks) are usually found with Victoria's portrait on the obverse and a figure riding a horse on the reverse (in the style of St George slaying the dragon). They were produced as satirical counters.

The history behind these pieces is that when Victoria was crowned as Queen, she was unable to fulfil the role of King of Hanover under Salic Law, due to the fact that she was a female. Her unpopular Uncle (Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland) who was the oldest male heir to the throne was sent off to Hanover instead to fulfil the role, and the counters/tokens were produced to commemorate (celebrate) his departure. Such was his unpopularity that many of the tokens on closer inspection actually depict a monkey on horseback which was intended to portray the Duke.

They were produced around the time of Victoria's ascension to the throne in 1837, and continued to be produced for the next few decades. They were finally made illegal in 1883.
Find of the day

 

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