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1 Penny - Hobday and Jobberns Christchurch
| Issuer | Hobday and Jobberns |
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| Diameter | 33.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded border, the merchant's trade legend is arranged in three horizontal lines across the central field, reading DRAPERS above WATERLOO HOUSE, separated by ornamental rule devices. The circular peripheral legend HOBDAY & JOBBERNS arcs across the upper portion and CHRISTCHURCH across the lower, both separated by decorative stops. The overall design is purely typographic with no pictorial central motif, rendered in bold incuse lettering on a flat field. |
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| Obverse lettering | HOBDAY AND JOBBERNS DRAPERS WATERLOO HOUSE . CHRISTCHURCH . |
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Hobday and Jobberns operated as a general merchant and ironmongery business in Christchurch during New Zealand's provincial token era, when the colonial government had still not established a reliable supply of small change. These copper tradesmen's tokens circulated locally as a practical fix to that shortage, accepted on trust rather than legal authority. The Andrews references cover at least four distinct varieties, with differences in die alignment and minor legend spacing — enough variation to suggest multiple production runs from the same London-area diesinker.