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1 Penny - Milner and Thompson Small Series - Christchurch
| Issuer | Milner & Thompson, Christchurch |
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| Year | 1881 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Central design featuring a lyre flanked by two French horns, all set within a wreath of laurel branches tied at the base with a ribbon. A winged cherub head presides at the top of the composition above the lyre. The place name CHRISTCHURCH appears in the lower field beneath the central device, with the date 1881 below it. A circular legend surrounds the entire design within a beaded border, reading MILNER & THOMPSON'S CANTERBURY MUSIC DEPÔT & PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSE. |
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| Reverse description | Plain field bearing a multi-line inscription in the centre reading SOLE AGENTS FOR JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS PIANOS in bold raised lettering. A circular legend repeating the firm's full trade style surrounds the central text within a beaded border, reading MILNER & THOMPSON'S CANTERBURY MUSIC DEPÔT & PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSE. The design is entirely typographic with no pictorial elements. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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