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Australia, Tasmania: Lewis Abrahams
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Andrews 2, Renniks 2, Grey 2, KM Tn6
½ penny token , copper; dated 1855 and minted by Heaton and Sons of Birmingham, England. 27.5 mm., 0°
Obv.: LEWIS ABRAHAMS / DRAPER / LIVERPOOL STREET / HOBART TOWN
Rev.: Emu facing right and kangaroo facing left, TASMANIA above and 1855 BELOW
Although there is no listing in the Archives Office of Tasmania Pioneer's Database for a Lewis Abrahams, records show that he occupied a house and garden at 19 Bathurst Street in Hobart Town in 1835, and was then in partnership with a certain H.C. Davis in a shop at 102 Liverpool Street. This token indicates that in 1855 he was operating without Davis as a draper on Liverpool Street. It appears that Davis withdrew from the partnership and Abrahams carried on alone.
Abrahams is listed as a contributor to the fund for the construction of the Hobart Synagogue in 1844-1845, and as a “seatholder” (financial member) of the Hobart Hebrew Congregation for some time during the period 1852-1877. He was married in the Hobart Synagogue in December 1855. He died in Hobart in 1860.
Renniks rarity R1 (most frequently seen)
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