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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Muzyck, post: 2912994, member: 83778&quot;]Yes, based on what I have read, &quot;Van Diemen&#039;s Land&quot; was what European settlers called what is now know as Tasmania.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Diemen%27s_Land" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Diemen%27s_Land" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Diemen&#039;s_Land</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Other info indicates that there was a shortage of small denomination currency available in Australia at the time that lead to a large number of token issues. I have another token dated 1855 that uses &quot;Tasmania&quot;. See this post...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lets-see-your-exonumia.203005/page-363#post-2907752" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lets-see-your-exonumia.203005/page-363#post-2907752">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lets-see-your-exonumia.203005/page-363#post-2907752</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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