Owner Comments:
Angusshire Halfpennies 12 to 15,
Dundee, Croom's, GTT (Genuine Trade Token) (Man. Boulton).
1 CWT equals ~5,125 halfpenny coins
Reference #1
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Dundee Croom, W No 3 D&H 12 - 15
Obverse: Arms of the town of Dundee... The crest is incorrectly depicted without a torse. Which makes the flowers appear as though they were part of the contents of the pot shown in the arms, and the supporters are proper instead of vert. The two mottoes of Dundee are given " DEI DONUM" above, and " PRUDENTIA ET CANDORE" beneath.
Legend: - Payable at W. Crooms. High Street Dundee.
Reverse: - Inscription in six line Sells Wholesale woolen & Linen Drapery Goods Watches &c &c Cheap
Diesinker, Ponthon
Manufacturer, Boulton
Common
5 CWTS Struck
Reference #2
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Angusshire; Dundee
14. O: Similar to No. 12 ("Shield of arms, Dei Donum above, Prudentia Et Candore below. Payable at W. Crooms. High Street Dundee") Neither an of "Candore" or un of "Dundee" are joined. The upper border of shield is plain.
R: As last. (13 to 12) (No. 12: "Sells / Wholesale / Woolen & Linen / Drapery Goods / Watches &c &c / Cheap.")
E: Plain (Rounded)
No. 12, 13.and 14 are common. No. 15 (S) scarce and 13a (RRR)
Reference #3
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(112 Pounds copper US per 1 CWT) This yield by Waters' REF 1 numbers approximately 25,760 GTT's for the Croom's series.
Based on the Rarity Factor and estimated 25,000 coins manufactured relative to the Croom series I would say approximately 7,000+ No. 14's were minted to give someone a rough idea of the initial population.
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