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A Mint Melbourne, Australia
B Issued By Christchurch, New Zealand

Surcharged Token - 1 Penny, Union Bakery Co, Christchurch, circa 1872, 'Per Mare', New Zealand Reg. No: NU 18871

Summary:: Copper one Penny token, minted by Stokes & Martin of Melbourne. Issued by the Union Bakery Company of Christchurch, New Zealand, circa 1872. Surcharged PER MARE.

Previous Collections: National Gallery of Victoria
Description:: A round bronze token (31 mm diameter). The piece features the name, address and the business of the issuer: Union Bakery Company, wholesale and retail bakers, conferctioner and grocers, Christchurch and a wheatsheaf surcharged 4 times with an oval containing a cross and the words PER MARE on a garter
Acquisition Information:: Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976

Discipline:	Numismatics
Dimensions:	31 mm (Diameter)
Weight:	10.13 g (Weight)

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Tagged with:	bakers, confectioners, grocers, retail trade, retailing, surcharged tokens, wholesale trade
Themes this item is part of:	Numismatics & Philately Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales
Primary Classification:	TRADE TOKENS
Secondary Classification:	New Zealand
Tertiary Classification:	surcharged strikes
Series:	Trade Tokens
DateEra:	circa 1872 AD
Denomination:	1 Penny
Obverse Description:	Around above a wheatsheaf in two lines, UNION BAKERY / COMPANY; below, CHRISTCHURCH surcharged 4 times with an oval containing a cross and the words PER MARE on a garter
Reverse Description:	Legend in seven lines: WHOLESALE / AND / RETAIL / BAKERS / CONFECTIONERS / AND / GROCERS
Edge Description:	Plain
Inscriptions:	Obverse: UNION BAKERY COMPANY CHRISTCHURCH surcharged PER MARE Reverse: WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BAKERS CONFECTIONERS AND GROCERS
Shape:	round
Material:	Copper
Issued By:	Union Bakery Company, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, 1872-1880
Mint:	Stokes & Martin, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1872-1880
Previous Collection:	National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Numismatics Collection, pre 1976
Bibliography:	[Book], Dr Arthur Andrews, Australasian Tokens and Coins, Trustees of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Sydney, 1921, No. 588 [Book], Dion Skinner - Renniks & Co Pty Ltd, Gilbert Heyde, Unofficial Coins of Colonial Australia and New Zealand, 1967, No. 256 [Book], William Lampard, Catalogue of New Zealand Coins Tokens Bank Notes, Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand Incorporated, Wellington, 1981, No. 343 [Book], Vaughn Humberstone, Merchants Making Money, 2010