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George Court & Sons 10 Shillings Credit Coupon
| Issuer | George Court & Sons Limited |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Yellow underprint on white paper with an ornate letterpress border. The issuer name appears in a bold rectangular panel at top centre, flanked by interlocked 'GC' monogram cartouches at each corner. Denomination value boxes of '10/-' appear at left and right, with 'GEORGE COURT'S CREDIT COUPON' in a dark band across centre and 'TEN SHILLINGS' below. A serial number and Managing Director's signature appear at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | GC GEORGE COURT & SONS LIMITED GC Auckland's Leading Uptown Store 10/- GEORGE COURT's CREDIT COUPON 10/- TEN SHILLINGS "BUY NOW — PAY LATER" |
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George Court & Sons was a long-established Auckland department store, and like many New Zealand retailers during the early twentieth century, it issued credit coupons as a form of internal currency — redeemable against purchases rather than convertible to cash. These were accounting instruments as much as anything, designed to manage layby arrangements and store credit without the friction of coin change.
The Auckland printing origin is consistent with several local jobbing printers active in the region during this period, though attributing specific coupons to a named press is rarely straightforward without maker's marks.