Owner Comments:
Note: PCGS holdered this coin in a non-typical way. The coin is opposite of normal (Obverse on label side) practice. The Rose and Thistles should probably be on the label side for consistency with the references. So please read Referenced descriptions below carefully for determining the Obverse and Reverse.
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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