Owner Comments:
Angusshire
Montrose, Bisset & Son
No. 13 D&H 27-29
Obverse: - View of a wooden bridge over water, with a small boat afloat: a town and some shipping being seen in the distance. Legend: - MARE DITAT. In the exergue, MONTROSE
Reverse: - A woman seated at a spinning wheel facing to the right. Legend: - SURE ARE THE REWARDS OF INDUSTRY. with 1796bin the exergue.
Edge: - PAYABLE BY I. BISSET & SON MONTROSE - X -
Diesinker, Davies; manufacturer Good. Scarce.
There is a variety with the token and designs a little smaller, D&H 27: and another with the obverse exergue 1797; and the reverse exergue reading MONTROSE. The edge inscription is LONDON LIVERPOOL OR MONTROSE, Scarce.
Reference #2
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Angusshire
Montrose
DH-27
O: A distant view of a town and bridge. MARE DITAT. Ex. MONTROSE
R: A woman spinning. SURE ARE THE REWARD'S OF INDUSTRY. Ex. 1796
E: Plain (not in collar)
DH-28
O: Similar (to DH-27), but on a larger scale.
R: Similar (to DH-27). A period at the end of legend.
E: PAYABLE BY I. BISSETT & SON MONTROSE
DH-28a. E: LONDON LIVERPOOL OR MONTROSE
DH-28B. E: PUBLISHED BY JOS. DANL. & INO. BOULTER.
DH-28C. E: Milled
DH-29
O: Similar (to DH-28), but with date 1797 in Ex.
R: Similar (to DH-28), by with MONTROSE in Ex.
E: LONDON LIVERPOOL OR MONTROSE
DH-29A E: Plain
Reference #3
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References
#1 Notes on Eighteenth Century Tokens by Arthur W Waters, Seaby's numismatic Publications 1954
#2 Commercial Coins 1787 -1804 by R. C. Bell, Corbitt & Hunter LTD 1963
#3 The Provincial Token - Coinage of the 18th Century Illustrated, By R, Dalton & S.H. Hamer 1910 - 1918, Reprint 2015, The Copper Corner