Owner Comments:
iv. 18th Century Genuine Trade Tokens in Copper
Inverness - Shire
ST 225 Inverness Halfpenny
Rose and thistle united
R. Cornucopiae. 1793, 1794 and 1795
D&H 1 - 5 (1 pound 25)
Reference #1
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Invernesshire
Inverness Mackintosh, Inglis & Wilson's (2)
No. 2 D&H 2
Obverse: - A rose and thistle tied together by a ribbon showing a bow and flowing ends. Legend: - Inverness Halfpenny 1794
Reverse: - A cornucopia of flowers and fruit, and beneath it a large stone with the inscription Clach-Na-Cudden. (Legend: - Concordia Et Fidelitas)
Edge: - Payable At MacKintosh Inglis & Wilson's
Struck in a collar
Diesinker, Kuchler; Manufacturer, Boulton
Common
Reference #2
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Scotland
Invernesshire
Halfpennies
1 to 5 Inverness. MacKintosh, ETC. G.T.T.
Reference #3
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Invernesshire
2. O:Similar to last, (No. 1 - A rose and thistle united. Inverness Halfpenny) but the date 1794 added at bottom
R: Similar to last, (No. 1 - A cornucopia of flowers. Concordia Et Fidelitas. Upon a stone at the bottom the date 1793.) but instead of the date the stone is inscribed Clach Na Cudden.
E: The same as 1a. (Payable . At . MacKintosh Inglis & I Wilson's without the I before Wilson's)
2a. E: the same as 1b. (Payable . At . MacKintosh Inglis & I Wilson's without the I before Wilson's. Also without the dot after Payable)
Reference #4
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References
#1 Seaby's Standard Catalogue of British Coins, Part 4. Coins and Tokens of Scotland Compiled By: P. Franck Purvey. B. A. Seaby LTD, 1972. Seaby's Numismatic Publicatios LTD.
#2 Notes on Eighteenth Century Tokens by Arthur W Waters, Seaby's numismatic Publications 1954
#3 Commercial Coins 1787 -1804 by R. C. Bell, Corbitt & Hunter LTD 1963
#4 The Provincial Token - Coinage of the 18th Century Illustrated, By R, Dalton & S.H. Hamer 1910 - 1918, Reprint 2015, The Copper Corner