Scottish Genuine Commercial Coins 1787-1804 R.C.Bell Type set
Bell Angus N0. 12 (D&H 23-26)

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: SCOTLAND - ANGUSSHIRE
Item Description: 1/2P 1797 SCOT D&h-24 ANGUSSHIRE - FORFAR E: + . + . + .
Full Grade: NGC AU 58 BN
Owner: 3mctoledo

Set Details

Custom Sets: Scotland "Conder" Tokens
Scottish Genuine Commercial Coins 1787-1804 R.C.Bell Type set
Competitive Sets: This coin is not competing in any sets.
Research: NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC World Coin Census

Owner Comments:

ANGUSSHIRE, FORFAR, Steele, J.

No. 12 D&H-23-6

Obverse: --- A panarama view of a town with hills behind and water and boats in the foredround. Legend: --- HALFPENNY In the exergue, FORFAR 1797.

Reverse: --- Armorial device of the Burgh of Forfar. (A square castle embattled above the gate, and at the top triple towered: the center tower larger than the others. On each side of the castle is a sentinel house, which like the three towers, have conical roofs --- all argent, mason sable, the portcullis and windows gules, the middle tower ensigned with a staff and banner charged with Royal Arms of Scotland.) On the token the banner is charged with the cross of St. Andrew. Legend: --- PAYABLE ON DE= MAND BY JOHN STEELE. In the exergue, WRIGHT DES.

Edge: --- Alternate dot and cross

Diesinker, Willetts; manufacturer, Kempson.
Five cwts. struck.
Rarity: common. There are three variants, D&H 26 is rare, D&H 23 scarce.

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

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