Checks, Discount, & Special Purpose Tokens - General
Lot 4717 SESSION 17 (9.30AM FRIDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER) Checks, Discount, & Special Purpose Tokens - General Is
Estimate $100
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161ST BATTERY RNZA (ROYAL NEW ZEALAND ARTILLERY), military canteen token in brass (21mm), five cents (assigned value, not shown on token), 1965-72, obverse and reverse identical, 'Kiwi' across centre, with reverse upset 180 degrees (Yarwood NZMT09; G.31d; TMR.p178). Toned, very fine and very rare with only a few known.
Used at the Nui Dat base camp during the Vietnam War.
Ex John Malcolm Collection, Noble Numismatics Sale 90 (lot 3631).
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Lot 4717 This lot
161ST BATTERY RNZA (ROYAL NEW ZEALAND ARTILLERY), military canteen token in brass (21mm), five cents ...
Estimate $100
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