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NEW ZEALAND, Canterbury Grand Stand, 1863, a silver pass, unsigned, legend, rev. named (No. 7, W.D. Barnard, Esq), 32mm, 13.68g. Pierced for suspension, otherwise about extremely fine, grey tone, extremely rare
£400-500

Provenance: W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 1090 [from S.E. Schwer 1984].

William David Barnard, auctioneer, valuer and general agent, Cashel street, Christchurch, a Jewish emigré from Birmingham, was elected a member of the first Christchurch borough council in March 1862, serving until December 1866. Apart from co-owning the White Hart Hotel, Barnard held regular weekly sales of horses and livestock and his horse repository was the venue for a number of public functions. In March 1867 he was one of the founders of the Canterbury Brewing, Malting & Distilling Co but he suffered a huge financial loss in a fire in December 1870 because his premises were uninsured. Sold with much further information