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George Court & Sons 2'6 Credit Coupon
| Issuer | George Court & Sons Limited |
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| Type | Vouchers |
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| Reverse description | Printed in terracotta-orange on white paper. A panoramic vignette of Auckland city and harbour with mountains beyond occupies the upper centre, flanked by ornamental pillars incorporating Māori-influenced koru motifs and '2/6' denomination circles at left and right. Six numbered conditions of use are set in two columns below, with the issuer's name at foot right. |
| Reverse lettering | GEORGE COURT'S CREDIT COUPON 2/6 CONDITIONS: 1. May be used only by the bona fide holder and only in payment for merchandise purchased in any Department of GEORGE COURT & SONS LIMITED (or its retail subsidiaries) up to the amount stated on the face hereof. 2. Must be surrendered upon purchase and before delivery of merchandise. 3. Is not a cheque or money order, but is merely evidence of an established buying credit. 4. Is not convertible into cash, and will not be accepted in connection with any Lay-by or Time Payment transaction. 5. Will not be replaced if mislaid, lost, stolen or destroyed. 6. Will not be accepted if in any way defaced or mutilated. GEORGE COURT & SONS LIMITED |
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George Court & Sons was a long-established Auckland draper and department store, and credit coupons of this type were issued as a form of lay-by or store credit instrument — a private scrip system that sidestepped the need for cash transactions at the point of redemption. The 2'6 denomination places this in the pre-decimal New Zealand currency system, making it a pre-1967 issue.
Auckland printing is confirmed, though the specific printer is unrecorded in standard references. Store-issued credit coupons from New Zealand retailers of this period survive in tiny numbers — most were redeemed and discarded.