Perkins & Co, Penny circa 1865, Dunedin.
$173
NZNDA member
Obverse Reads: PERKINS & CO. DRAPERS. DUNEDIN.
Reverse: A female figure representing Justice seated on a wool bale with legs to left but her head and upper body to front. A wine barrel lies on the ground behind her and a three-masted sailing ship sails away on the horizon to the left. She wears a blindfold and extends a balanced set of scales with her right hand. With her left she holds an inverted cornucopia from which fruits flow onto the ground. She wears an ancient-style of flowing dress bound at the waist, her left arm bare and right draped to near the elbow.
Reverse Legend: DUNEDIN NEW ZEALAND.
Catalogue: R425, A435, KM$ Tn58.
Mint: Heaton & Sons.
Bronze, 9.44g, 30.5mm, plain edge.
Grade: VF, cleaned.
