Owner Comments:
Angusshire
Dundee Molison, A.
Halfpenny
No. 4 D&H 10-11
Obverse: - The front view of a square Gothic tower of an ancient church. Legend: - DUNDEE HALFPENNY. 1795. with OLD TOWER FOUNDED 1189 in the exergue.
Reverse: - View of a vessel lying alongside a quay. Legend: - COMMERCE AUGMENTS DUNDEE In the exergue, the Arms, Crest, Supports, and Motto of Dundee: also the words, WRIGHT DELIN.
Edge: - PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ALEX.R MOLISON - X -
Diesinker, Wyon; manufacturer, Kempson.
Five CWTs. struck. Common
Reference #2
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Angus DH-10
O: View of an ancient tower. DUNDEE HALF-PENNY . 1795. EX: OLD TOWER FOUNDED 1189.
R: View of a harbor, with a ship alongside a quay. COMMERCE AUGMENTS DUNDEE. EX: Arms, supporters, and motto. DEI DONUM. At the sides, WRIGHT DELIN.
E: PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ALEXR. MOLISON . X .
Also struck in silver
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