Summary

Copper one Penny Pattern token, minted by W.J. Taylor of London. Issued by Henry J. Hall of Christchurch, New Zealand, circa 1862. Henry Hall was a grocer, wine and spirit merchant and ran a coffee mill. He arranged for two mints to strike tokens, W.J. Taylor in London, characterised by bars above and below the name, and later Stokes in Melbourne. In both cases the mint retained the dies and later employed them to manufacture restrikes of original pieces, new combinations of dies and, in Taylor's case, mules with dies from other token issuers. This piece appears to be a pattern based on the issues for Flavelle Bros.

Previous Collections: Not known - "a Sydney collector"

Physical Description

A round copper token (34 mm diameter). The token features the name and business of the issuer: Henry J. Hall, Christchurch Coffee Mills together with the denomination, one penny. The reverse features an emu standing facing right looking at Kangaroo seated on tail in grassy field facing left.

Obverse Description

Across centre in two lines between elongated diamond shaped bars, ONE / PENNY around above and below, HENRY J. HALL CHRISTCHURCH COFFEE MILLS

Reverse Description

An emu standing facing right looking at Kangaroo seated on tail in grassy field facing left, in small letters below exergue line, W.J. TAYLOR LONDON

Edge Description

Plain

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