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1 Penny - Coombes, S. Auckland
| Issuer | Samuel Coombes, Auckland |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Weight | 14.3 g |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Samuel Coombes, bearded and wearing a cravat and coat, centrally positioned within a beaded border. A circular legend surrounding the effigy reads the issuer's name and business particulars. The portrait is rendered in moderate relief in a plain field, with the inscription divided across the upper and lower periphery of the coin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Samuel Coombes operated as a general storekeeper in Auckland during the early 1870s, issuing these tokens at a moment when New Zealand's colonial coinage supply remained chronically inadequate for retail trade. The 1874 date places this firmly in the final years of meaningful token production in the colony — the Coinage Act of 1881 would effectively end private token circulation. Andrews catalogues three distinct varieties (86–88), differentiated by die characteristics, which suggests Coombes ordered multiple strikings, likely from different Birmingham die-cutters supplying the colonial market.