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1 Penny - Gilmour, John New Plymouth
| Issuer | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1875 |
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| Currency | Trade tokens (1857-1881) |
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| Reverse description | Scenic New Zealand landscape vignette occupying the full field. In the foreground, a kiwi bird stands at left, with rocky shoreline detail. A lake or inlet stretches across the middle ground, with a waka (Māori canoe) visible on the water. The iconic conical form of Mount Taranaki (Mount Egmont) dominates the background at centre-left, with tree ferns and palm trees framing the composition on either side. The scene is enclosed by a beaded rim. |
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| Mintage | ND - A144/R150 - Obverse: Dots lower. `NEW` 3 mm above `PLYMOUTH`. Letters `ZE` almost touch each other - ND (1875) - A143/R149 - Obverse: Dots higher. `NEW` 2.5 mm above `PLYMOUTH`. Space between letters `ZE` - |
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John Gilmour operated as a general merchant in New Plymouth during the 1870s, issuing these tradesman's tokens to address the chronic shortage of small copper coinage in provincial New Zealand — a problem the colonial government had repeatedly failed to solve. The Auckland Mint struck several of these provincial merchant tokens during this period, though the exact run for Gilmour's issue remains unclear from surviving records.
The Andrews and Robson reference numbers span multiple die varieties, with Gray distinguishing at least two obverse states (81 and 81a).