Australasian penny token of J.M. Merrington, c. mid-nineteenth century
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Heaton & Sons, designer obverse and reverse
Australasian penny token of J.M. Merrington, c. mid-nineteenth century
mid 19th century
copper
Australasian penny token of J.M. Merrington, c. mid-nineteenth century
mid 19th century
copper
- Place made
- Birmingham, England
- Medium
- copper
- Dimensions
- 3.4 cm (diam.)
- Accession number
- NC00732
- Signature and date
- Obverse Description: Legend in eight lines: J.M. MERRINGTON & Co. / WHOLESALE / & / RETAIL / DRAPERS / & / OUTFITTERS / NELSON Reverse Description: A female figure representing Justice standing facing left. She wears a blindfold and extends a balanced set of scales with her right hand. With her left she holds an inverted cornucopia from which fruits flow onto the ground. She wears an ancient-style of flowing dress bound at the waist, her left arm is draped to near the elbow while drapery falls from her extended arm to below the horizon line behind; around above, ADVANCE NEW ZEALAND
- Media category
- Coin
- Collection area
- International decorative arts and design