Penny token, 1857, Professor Holloway, Holloway's Pills and Ointment (obverse)
photograph · 1857
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SUMMARY
Photograph of the obverse of an 1857 copper penny token issued in the name of 'Professor Holloway' to advertise Holloway's Pills and Ointment; such tokens circulated as small change in colonial Australia. The obverse shows a left-facing male bust encircled by the legend 'PROFESSOR HOLLOWAY' above and 'LONDON' below; the file record identifies the piece as a Holloway's Pills and Ointment token (the 'Pills and Ointment' legend appears on the reverse, not this obverse face). The Wikimedia Commons file is released under CC0 1.0 (public domain). Identification of the piece rests on its own legends and the catalogue title; dating (1857) from the file record. Science Museum Group Collection Online independently catalogues an 1857 London bronze Holloway's Pills and Ointment trade token of this type as object A676469: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co70498/trade-token-advertising-holloways-pills-and-ointment. Its image license is non-commercial and is not used; Commons supplies the reproduced CC0 file and its rights record.
NOTES
The 1857 penny token is a period artifact of Holloway’s global commercial reach: a branded copper token bearing a bust styled ‘Professor Holloway, London’ that passed as small change in colonial Australia while advertising the pills and ointment. The obverse reproduced here carries the ‘Professor Holloway / London’ legend and the bust; the Commons record supplies the pictured piece’s identity and CC0 rights. Science Museum Group object A676469 provides an independent institutional holding record for an 1857 London Holloway’s Pills and Ointment trade token of the same type; its non-commercial image is not used.