Katalog
Vollständige Bilder anzeigen — kostenlose Registrierung
Mit Google fortfahren — kostenlos
oder mit E-Mail registrieren
Warum registrieren? Nur um Bots aus unserem Katalog fernzuhalten. Ihre E-Mail bleibt privat — wir geben sie nie weiter und senden Ihnen nichts Unerwünschtes. Das garantieren wir Ihnen!
1 Penny - Gourlay, T. W. and Co. Christchurch
| Emittent | T. W. Gourlay & Co. |
|---|---|
| Jahr | |
| Typ | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Trade tokens (1857-1881) |
| Material | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Gewicht | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Durchmesser | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Dicke | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Prägetechnik | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Ausrichtung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stempelschneider | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Aversbeschreibung | Central device depicting a framed vignette of a hand saw with handle, enclosed within a square decorative border. The circular legend reads T. W. GOURLAY & CO. along the upper arc and CHRISTCHURCH along the lower arc, with the words IMPORTERS OF and KITCHENERS arranged in the central field above and below the vignette respectively. The design is executed in a plain commercial style typical of mid-nineteenth century colonial trade tokens, with a milled border encircling the whole. |
|---|---|
| Aversschrift | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Averslegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Reversbeschreibung | Central field dominated by the word FURNISHING in bold capital letters, with BUILDERS & arranged above in a curved legend and IRONMONGERY below in a similarly curved inscription. The words ECONOMY HOUSE appear prominently along the upper peripheral arc and HIGH STREET along the lower arc, all separated by a reeded inner border. A stylised saw or tool motif appears in the lower central field, consistent with the firm's trade in ironmongery and builders' supplies. The overall design is plain and functional, characteristic of New Zealand provincial trade tokens of the second half of the nineteenth century. |
| Reversschrift | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Reverslegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rand | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Prägestätte | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Auflage | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Zusätzliche Informationen |
T. W. Gourlay & Co. operated as an importing and general merchant firm in Christchurch during the 1870s, one of dozens of Canterbury businesses that resorted to privately issued trade tokens when official coinage failed to meet the demands of a rapidly expanding colonial economy. The New Zealand colonial government's lack of a domestic mint left merchants chronically short of small change, and the token-issuing trade flourished accordingly until the Currency Act of 1881 effectively killed it.
The multiple catalog references reflect two distinct varieties — Andrews 150 and 151 differ in their reverse treatment, a detail significant enough to attract separate listings across all three major references.