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Commercial tokens of Australia

Due to a shortage of small coinage in Australia in the 19th century, several merchants ordered un-official tokens to facilitate trade.

Adelaide

Alfred Taylor, Crocker & Hamilton, Harrold Brothers, John Howell, John Martin, Martin & Sach, William Morgan

Bathurst

Collins

Ballarat

David Jones, J.R. Grundy

Bendigo

Hodgson Brothers

Brisbane

Brookes, Flavelle Bros., J.W. Buxton, Larcombe & Co., W & B. Brookes

Castlemaine

Murray & Christie, Robert Calder, T. Butterworth & Co, William Froomes

Deloraine

Samuel Henry

Eaglehawk

Robert Grieve

Freemantle

John Henderson

Geelong

R. Parker

Goulburn

Alexander Davis & Co.

Hobart

Alfred Nicholas, George Hutton, H.J. Marsh & Brother, Henry Lipscombe, Isaac Friedman, John Gidley Fleming, Joseph Moir, Lewis Abrahams, Macintosh & Degraves, O.H. Hedberg, R. Henry, Robert Andrew Mather, W.D. Wood, William Andrew Jarvey

Ipswich

John Pettigrew, T.H. Jones & Co

Jamberoo

William Allen

Kiama

John Allen

Launceston

Edward Francis Dease

Maitland

J. McLauchlin's

Melbourne

Adamson, Watts, McKechnie, Alfred Hodgson, Annand Smith & Co., Archibald Davidson, Crowbie, Clapperton & Findlay, E. De Carle & Co, Evans & Foster, F & GF Bullen, Fenwick Bros, Geo. Petty, George Nichols, Hugh Peck, Isaac Booth, J. McFarlane, James Nokes, John Andrew & Co., Levy Bros, Miller & Dismorr, Miller Brothers, Moubray Lush & Co, Peace & Plenty, Robert Hyde & Co, S. & S. Lazarus, Samuel Deeble, Thomas Stokes

Morpeth

James Campbell

Newtown

Reuben Jospehs

Port Albert

Gipps Land

Richmond

Myles Barrowclough, Robert Broom Ridler

Rockhampton

Bell & Gardner, D.T. Mulligan

Sale

J.D. Leeson

South Yarra

Mrs Fisher, Thomas H. Cope

Stawell

Crothers & Co.

Surry Hills

John Craven Thornthwaite

Sydney

Alfred Toogood, Battle & Weight, Benjamin Palmer, Hanks and Compy., Hanks and Lloyd, Hogarth, Erichsen & Co., Iredale & Co., J. MacGregor, James Mayn Leigh, Metcalfe & Lloyd, Tea Stores, Whitty & Brown

Toowoomba

Merry & Bush, T.F. Merry & Co.

Warrnambool

William Bateman, William Wilson Jamieson

Westbury

Thomas White and Son

Wagga Wagga

Love & Roberts

Williamstown

Mason & Culley

Misc.

Professor Holloway

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