1 Penny - J. Hurley and Co., Wanganui

J. Hurley & Co. operated as a general merchant in Wanganui during a period when the New Zealand colonial economy had no reliable small-denomination coinage in circulation. British regal copper rarely reached the provinces in sufficient quantities, and local traders routinely commissioned tradesman's tokens from British die-sinkers — primarily in Birmingham — to fill the gap. Hurley's penny token is one of dozens of such pieces issued across New Zealand between roughly 1850 and 1881, when the colonial government finally moved to suppress private token issues.

The Birmingham origin of the dies is consistent with the Andrews and Roberts attributions for this piece.