Anybody collect tokens from New Zealand? Beautiful tokens, I've never seen one that I didn't like but I would like to understand why they are so expensive. Anyone know? Here's a ChristChurch Token dated 1881, not too pricey but that's only because of the drivel on the surface. Anyone know anything about these great looking tokens?? [h=1][/h] [h=1][/h]
This book: http://www.colonialcollectables.com...ting-supplies/1315-nz-catalogue-2012-new.html Read this page: http://www.oocities.org/vanessa1nz/timeline.html They have an interesting history and they were a major coinage yet are rare so the value is high.
I have had a few of these over the years, and they are indeed very lovely. (As are some of the Australian ones from around the same time.) As to price - it is the old economic principle of "Supply and Demand". NZ had a very small population in the 19th Century, and so the number of these tokens produced was very low. Now NZ has many more collectors, and the tokens are also attractive and sought after by colonial numismatists around the world - so demand far out-strips supply, and the prices go up.
It's a great design. Does anyone know if a good soak in virgin olive oil would help to clean it up a bit? I wonder who designed it? Chris
Great token fretboard. I don't have any from New Zealand but have a collector friend on Long Island who is an avid collector of both their tokens and coins. Thanks for showing yours. Bruce
