Watch List notes:

Utländska polletter: AUSTRALIEN. Hobart (Tasmanien). O.H. Hedberg. One penny, half penny. Koppar. 1850-70-talet. Totalt 2 ex.Olof Hilmer Hedberg was born in the Swedish town of Uddevalla in 1817. In 1838 he went to sea and eventually arrived in Hobart on the island of Tasmania in 1844. In 1852 he took over the running of a whaling business. When the price of whale oil declined in the mid 1850s he opened a business as merchant in Argyle Street in Hobart. It was from this business that tokens were issued. (Museum Victoria, Australia).

Grade: 1+ [VF]

SVERIGE/SWEDEN/SCHWEDEN/SUEDE/POLLETT/TOKEN