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iv. 18th Century Genuine Trade Tokens in Copper
Lanarkshire
ST257 Glasgow, halfpenny. Town arms. R. River god D&H 2 - 5 (Some mules, some possibly fraudulent copies) 75p
Reference #1
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LANARKSHIRE
Halfpennies
2. Glasgow. Shearer's. G.T.T there were several tons of it struck from the dies by by Droz and manufactured at the Soho factory. I think Hamer is in error in saying the dies are by Dixon, as I do not think he worked at the Soho mint.
Reference #2
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Scotland
Lanarkshire
No. 5 D&H 2
Arms of the City of Glasgow ( Per fess argent and gules, on a mount vert, an oak tree proper; the stem at the base surmounted by a salmon, on its back proper, with a signet ring in its mouth, or; on the top of the tree a redbreast, and in the sinister fess point, pendent to the tree, a bell, both also proper) Legend: - Let Glasgow Flourish.
Reverse: - Wreathed semi-nude recumbent figure of a river god resting on a sedgy bank with his legs partly in the water. His outstretched left hand holds an antique stern-oar charged with the arms of St. Andrew: while his right arm rests on an urn, bearing the word Clyde, from which water is flowing. Legend: - Nunquam Arescere and in the exergue MDCCXCI with R.D. in very small letters beneath.
Edge: - Payable At The House of Gilbert Shearer & Co.
Diesinker, Droz; manufacturer, Boulton.
Several tons were struck.
Common.
There are several counterfeits, and also a series of mules.
Reference #3
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Lanarkshire
Halfpennies
Glasgow
2. O: The arms of Glasgow. Let Glasgow Flourish.
R: A river god reclining on an urn, inscribed Clyde, from which water is issuing. Nunquam Arescere. Ex: MDCCXCI. The initials R.D. under.
E: Payable at the House of Gilbert Shearer & Co:
Also struck in silver and brass
2a. Same as last, but without the colon at the end of edge inscription, and the o looks like a c.
2b. E: Payable at H. Brownbills Silversmith.
2c. E: Plain (In collar)
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