Owner Comments:
Scotland, ANGUSSHIRE, PENNY PIECE, DUNDEE
Webster, T.
Obverse: ---- A large building with a spire and vane. Legend: ---** DUNDEE PENNY *** with TOWN HOUSE FOUNDED 1732 in exergue, and "17 97" in the field.
Reverse: --- A detached building with two smaller ones separated from it by gates. Beneath this design in an oval are the Arms of the City of Dundee: (Azure, a pot of growing lilies argent), Crest: (A lily argent), Supporters: (Two Wyverns[sometimes erroneously called dragons even by heraldic authors] vert, their tails knotted together below the shield), and motto: "Dei Donum.". The scale is too small to render the tinctures of the Wyverns. Beneath the buildings on the left is "Wright Jun." and to the right "Des." Legend: --- PUBLIC WAREHOUSES ON THE QUAY SHIPPING OF THE PORT 8,000 TONS REGR.
Edge: PAYABLE ON DEMAND BY THO.S WEBSTER JUN.R +
Diesinker, Willetts; manufacturer, Kempson.
Five cwts. struck.
Rarity: Scarce
Reference #2
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Scotland, Angusshire, PENNIES, DUNDEE
5. O: Large buildings. PUBLIC WAREHOUSES ON THE QUAY SHIPPING OF THE PORT 8,000 TONS REGR. Ex: Arms &c, in oval as before. WRIGHT JUN --- DES.
R: A public building. DUNDEE PENNY 17 --- 97. Ex: TOWN HOUSE FOUNDED 1732.
E: PAYABLE ON DEMAND BY THOM.S WEBSTER JUN.R.
Also struck in silver.
Rarity: Common
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