Metcalfe & Lloyd - Shipping & Family Grocers
Description
Shipping and family grocers; wine and spirit merchants, purveyors of concentrated family coffee. This business is the third in a string of token issuing businesses involving either H.G. Hanks, A. Lloyd, or their descendants. This narrative lays out the associations between the various businesses.
J.G. Hanks joined A. Lloyd to establish 'Hanks and Lloyd, grocers' at 319 George Street in 1855. Hanks and Lloyd were expecting another shipment of tokens in 1857, but the ship that was carrying them, the Dunbar, was wrecked at the Gap, in the Sydney Heads. Samuel Peek, another token issuer, and his wife Caroline were on board the Dunbar and drowned when it sank. Although replacement tokens were ordered, they did not arrive until 1858.
By the time the replacements arrived, the company had changed name, becoming Hanks & Co., at the same location, now known as 478 George Street. It seems that Lloyd was still participating in the business, but he had always been the junior partner. Hanks and Lloyd received tokens proclaiming the new company name at almost the same time as the replacements for the lost Hanks and Lloyd tokens.
Metcalfe & Lloyd - Shipping & Family Grocers values and prices
The value of an Australian token depends on several factors such as quality and wear, supply and demand, rarity, finish and more.
- Circulated
- Uncirculated
Varieties | AG-3 | G-4 | VG-8 | F-12 | VF-20 | EF-40 | AU-50 |
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Half Penny | - | - | - | £25.60 | £64.10 | £132 | £330 |
Penny | - | - | - | £11.50 | £23.00 | £53.10 | £152 |
Varieties | MS-60 | MS-62 | MS-63 | MS-64 | MS-65 | MS-66 | MS-67 |
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Half Penny | £659 | £989 | - | - | - | - | - |
Penny | £341 | £531 | - | - | - | - | - |
Specifications
Half Penny
- Issuer: Metcalfe & Lloyd
- Denomination : Penny
- Composition: Copper
- Die axis: ↑↑
- Weight: 8.6 grams
- Diameter: 28 mm
- Edge: Smooth
- Renniks #: 362
- Andrews #: 370
- Gray #: 188
Penny
- Issuer: Metcalfe & Lloyd
- Denomination : Penny
- Composition: Copper
- Die axis: ↑↑
- Weight: 14.5 grams
- Diameter: 34 mm
- Edge: Smooth
- Renniks #: 361
- Andrews #: 369
- Gray #: 187
Last update : Tuesday, September 20, 2022