½ Penny - Edward Reece Christchurch
© Renniks Publications Limited
Features
| Issuer |
New Zealand
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Trade tokens (1857-1881) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 95438 |
| References | Andrews# 450 to 452 Arthur Andrews; 1965. Australasian tokens and coins: a handbook . Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Michael T. Pitt, Paul Bickerton, Mike Loy, Simon Gray; 2012. Renniks Australian & New Zealand Tokens Values (1st edition). Renniks Publications, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Simon Gray; 2013. A Study of Australasian Trade Tokens: An Illustrated Reference of the Merchants Tokens used in Colonial Australia & New Zealand. Self-published, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. |
Obverse
12-line inscription.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
EDWARD REECE
WHOLESALE
AND RETAIL
BUILDERS
AND FURNISHING
IRONMONGER
BIRMINGHAM
AND SHEFFIELD
WAREHOUSE
CHRISTCHURCH
CANTERBURY
N.Z.
Reverse
Man sitting beside sheaf of wheat
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ADVANCE CANTERBURY
NEW ZEALAND
Edge
Plain
Mint
Thomas Stokes, Melbourne, Australia (1856-1873)Comments
Three varieties exist
R#442 Handle of sickle clear of tieband of wheatsheaf, sickle blade long, E of ADVANCE 3mm to C of CANTERBURY;
R#443 Handle of sickle touches tieband of wheatsheaf, sickle blade shorter, E of ADVANCE 2.5mm to C of CANTERBURY;
R#444 ADVANCE CANTERBURY letters smaller and set higher, NEW ZEALAND letters smaller, E of ADVANCE 1.5mm to C of CANTERBURY.
Andrews catalogue numbers: R#442 = A#450, R#443 = A#452, R#444 = A#451
Rarity: R#442 = R5 - Less frequently seen, R#443 = R5 - Less frequently seen, R#444 = R9 - Extremely rare
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND | A450/R442 | ||||||||||||||
| ND | A451/R444 | ||||||||||||||
| ND | A452/R443 | ||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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