Description

N.Z. Industrial Exhibition, Wellington, 1885, struck in silver (42mm), by S.Kohn (Siegfried Kohn, Wellington),

front: with shield above harbour scene

reverse: inscribed `A & T Burt.`. Toned, extremely fine and very rare.

Burt, A & T (Firm)

Metal merchants in Dunedin. Founded by Alexander Burt (1840-1920) and his brother Thomas Burt (1842-1884). See entry in Southern people; a dictionary of Otago Southland biography. Also history of the firm `A & T Burt Ltd, 1862-1912′ [Dunedin, 1912]