New Zealand, Auckland. 1 Penny Token 1864, B.Gittos Retail Store
  • New Zealand, Auckland. 1 Penny Token 1864, B.Gittos Retail Store
  • New Zealand, Auckland. 1 Penny Token 1864, B.Gittos Retail Store

New Zealand, Auckland. 1 Penny Token 1864, B.Gittos Retail Store

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France, Louis XV (1715 - 1774). Silver token (Jeton) Trésor Royal - Royal Treasury, 1742
France, Louis XV (1715 - 1774). Silver token (Jeton) Trésor Royal - Royal Treasury, 1742
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KOD: 5003319MA

New Zealand, Auckland. 1 Penny Token 1864, B.Gittos Retail Store, Renniks 149, 154, Gray 84, Copper 34 mm, weight 14,40 g., Condition Fine/aVF

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Copper One Penny Token, minted by Thomas Stokes, Melbourne. Issued by B. Gittos, Leather Merchant, Auckland, 1864. Benjamin Gittos, 1808 - 1884, was one of Auckland's earliest settlers. The Gittos family arrived in Auckland in 1840 and made camp near the waterfront before moving to farm near Hokianga. In 1845 the European settlers at Hokianga fled to Auckland following the outbreak of war with Hone Heke. Two years later Gittos started a leather business in the city, expanding to run a tannery at Avondale, on the Wahu river in 1863. At this tannery he initiated the techniques for tanning with the bark of native trees such as the tanekaha and the towhai. Gittos' son William was an important Methodist missionary in northern New Zealand who learnt Maori language and acted as an interpreter and negotiator between Maori and Pakeha (Europeans) in land and other deals.
source: collections.museumsvictoria.com.au

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