Australia, Tasmania, Private Token Issues. W. D. Wood (Hobart) Penny Token. Uncertain mint in Great Britain, dated 1855. W. D. WOOD WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT in five lines, MONTPELLIER RETREAT HOBART TOWN around / Corner view of Montpellier Retreat Inn with open door, through which can be seen the proprietor serving behind the bar on which sits a wine or beer jug; HOBART TOWN above, date below. Andrews, A., Australasian Tokens and Coins (1921), #640 = Heyde, Gilbert C. & Skinner, Dion H., Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand (1967), #278. 14.21g, 34mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private English collection.