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penny token : Milner & Thompson, Canterbury Music Depot, Christchurch, NZ, 1881

obverse: Musical instruments, wreathed, with cherub above, and radiated; CHRISTCHURCH 1881 in two lines below; round within the indented rim MILNER & THOMPSON'S CANTERBURY MUSIC DEPOT & PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSE.

reverse: MILNER & THOMPSON'S CANTERBURY MUSIC DEPOT & PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSE / CHRISTCHURCH / 1881

reverse: bust of Maori Chief with taiaha; ADVANCE NEW ZEALAND around; indented rim

Whakahounga o Mua: 27 Jan 2026

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Milner & Thompson, Christchurch, NZ, penny token

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N24774 (numismatics)

1999x2.88 (temporary accession number)

L334a (Lampard's Catalogue of New Zealand Coins, Tokens, Banknotes (1981))

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

reverse: A bust of a Maori chief with taiaha; ADVANCE NEW ZEALAND around above; indented rim

Note:obverse is as obverse of No. L334, but the first ray touches the top of the first H and the last final C of CHRISTCHURCH.]

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

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