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1 Penny - Milner and Thompson Small Series - Christchurch
| Issuer | Milner & Thompson, Christchurch |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse lettering | MILNER & THOMPSON'S CANTERBURY MUSIC DEPÔT & PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSE CHRISTCHURCH 1881 |
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| Reverse lettering | MILNER & THOMPSON'S CANTERBURY MUSIC DEPÔT & PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSE SOLE AGENTS FOR JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS PIANOS |
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Milner & Thompson operated one of the most prominent general merchandising businesses in Canterbury during the 1870s and 1880s, and their token issues belong to the practical response to chronic small-change shortages that plagued New Zealand's provincial towns long after the colony had official coinage. The "Small Series" designation distinguishes these pieces from the firm's earlier, heavier token issues — a deliberate reduction in size that brought them closer to the weight of contemporary British bronze pennies circulating alongside them.
Andrews 381 is among the better-documented Canterbury merchant tokens, appearing consistently across the three major New Zealand trade token references with concordant numbering — a relative rarity in a cataloguing tradition riddled with gaps and disputes.