Token - Wellington City Corporation One Quart Winter
Features
| Location |
New Zealand
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Trade tokens › Business tokens |
| Years | 1923-1974 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Shape | Round with a round hole |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 402142 |
| References | NZMilk# CQ2 to 4 Michael Carter; 2020. New Zealand milk tokens. Carter & Carter (3 volumes). |
Obverse
Wellington City Corporation Crest (holed)
Script: Latin
Lettering:
WELLINGTON
CITY CORPORATION
Reverse
Text only
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ONE
QUART
Edge
Plain
Comments
Winter Token (milk was cheaper in Summer, so different tokens used for summer and winter price changes); Made in New Zealand by the Precision Engineering Company (PEC)(Wellington); Holed to ensure that not mistaken for currency; initial issue of 250,000 tokens in 1923 just in time for Winter use; Significant number of varieties due to die failures as this was the first token produced by PEC. Withdrawn from use in 1973/4
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1923-1974) | |||||||||||||||
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