New Zealand 1 Penny, 1858

1 Penny from New Zealand. Issued in 1858. Struck in Copper. Measures 34 mm and weighs 13.79 g.

Obverse

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 to the right 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. Around above, GOD SAVE THE QUEEN in exergue 1858

Reverse

The name, business and townn of the company that issued the tokens: Charles C. Barley, wholesale grocer, Auckland.

Edge

Plain