Owner Comments:
ANGUSSHIRE, DUNDEE, Swap & Co.
No. 7 D&H-21-2
Obverse: --- View of a church with a high spire and a vane. Legend: --- DUNDEE HALFPENNY ST, ANDREW'S CHURCH FOUND.D 1772 In the field of the coin "1797"
Reverse: --- A ruined gateway and wall, with the town arms on a mural tablet over the arch. Legend: --- * COWGATE PORT * THE LAST REMAINS OF OUR ANCIENT WALLS. In the exergue, WRIGHT JUN.R and a star.
Edge: --- PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE ALEX.R SWAP & CO ***. Stuck in a collar.
Diesinker, Wyon; manufacturer, Kempson.
Five cwts. struck.
Rarity: Common.
Reference #2
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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