Description

E. De Carle & Co Merchants token.

Dunedin, New Zealand 1862.

One penny copper token.

Obverse: E.DECARLE & CO; MERCHANTS, DUNEDIN, OTAGO around the British Royal Arms.

Motto on the Order of the Garter: NONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE (Shame on him who thinks evil of it).

Reverse: Female figure representing Justice seated on a wool bale with her left hand she holds an inverted cornucopia from which fruits flow onto the ground.

Latin Legend: VIVANT REGINA (Long live the Queen).

Catalogue: R113, A101.

Diameter: 31mm

Mint: Heaton & Sons.

Grade: gFine, some dirt is present.