Owner Comments:
Angusshire
Dundee, Pilmer, J.
Halfpenny
No. 6 D&H 17
Obverse: - View of a large building with a spire and vane. Legend: - DUNDEE HALFPENNY. "1797" In the exergue, TOWN HOUSE FINISHED 1734
Rerverse: - View of a large building with a conical roof. Legend: - GLASS WORKS WEST CONE FOUNDED 1788 In exergue, WRIGHT DES.
Edge: - PAYABLE BY JOHN PILMER CHURCH LANE X X
Struck in a collar.
Diesinker, Wyon, manufacturer, Kempson. Ten CWTs, struck.
Common, but not in extra fine (UNC) condition.
Reference #2
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Angus DH-17
O: A public building. DUNDEE HALFPENNY 1797. Ex: TOWN HOUSE FINISHED 1734.
R: View of a glass manufactory. GLASS WORKS WEST CONE FOUNDED 1788. Ex: WRIGHT DES.
E: PAYABLE BY JOHN PILMER CHURCH LANE X X
Also struck in silver
17a. 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