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penny token : Milner & Thompson, Canterbury Music Depot, Christchurch, NZ,

obverse: Musical instruments, wreathed, with a cherub above, and radiated; CHRISTCHURCH 1881 in two lines below; the first ray points to the top of the first C and the last just passes the final H of CHRISTCHURCH; round within the indented rim MILNER & THOMPSON'S CANTERBURY MUSIC DEPOT & PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSE.

reverse: A landscape with a Maori standing under a fern tree; a mountain in the distance; NEW ZEALAND above; indented rim.

(from Sutherland's 'Numismatic History of New Zealand', 1949).1881.

Last Update: 27 Jan 2026
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Milner & Thompson, Christchurch, NZ, penny token

Other Id

N24807 (numismatics)

1999x2.87 (temporary accession number)

L334 (Lampard's Catalogue of New Zealand Coins, Tokens, Banknotes (1981))

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