Scotland "Conder" Tokens

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: SCOTLAND - ANGUSSHIRE
Item Description: 1/2P 1797 SCOT D&h-20 ANGUSSHIRE - DUNDEE E: PLAIN
Full Grade: NGC MS 62 BN
Owner: 3mctoledo

Set Details

Custom Sets: Scotland "Conder" Tokens
Competitive Sets: This coin is not competing in any sets.
Research: NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC World Coin Census

Owner Comments:

ANGUSSHIRE, DUNDEE, Wright, J. (?)

No. 9 D&H-18-20

Obverse: --- View of a large building with towers. Legend: --- DUNDEE HALFPENNY 1797. In exergue, DUNDEE CASTLE FOUND.D 1660 CONVERTED INTO BARRACKS 1794.

Reverse: --- A man in a tail coat and hat working at a hachel, or bench fitted with upright teeth, hackling flax. Behind him are two bales on the floor, one marked T.R. and the other D.R. Legend: --- 3,336 TONS FLAX & HAMP IMPORTED HERE IN 1796. VALUE L.160,128 --- Inner legend: --- FLAX-HECKLING
In the exergue, WRIGHT JUN.R and a star.

Edge: --- Plain.

Diesinker, Wyon; manufacturer, Kempson.

One cwts. struck.

Rarity: Common. There are two minor variants.

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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