Inverness 1794 half penny token D&H-2

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Steve Album Auction 53, lot 3120

This specimen was lot 3120 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $180. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND: AE halfpenny token 1794, bronzed Inverness halfpenny, variety without the "I" before WILSON'S in the edge lettering, rose and thistle tied together with "INVERNESS HALFPENNY - 1794", cornucopia with CONCORDIA ET FIDELITAS around and stone below inscribed CLACH-NA / CUDDEN, a few reverse hairlines, lovely chocolate-brown coloration, PAYABLE AT MACKINTOSH INGLIS & WILSON'S on edge, Choice Proof."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, this specimen 10.10 g, 29 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: D&H-Invernesshire 2.

Source:

  • Conder, James. An arrangement of Provincial Coins, tokens, and medalets issued in Great Britain, Ireland, and the colonies, within the last twenty years, from the farthing to the penny size. Ipswich: G. Jermyn, 1798.
  • Dalton, Richard, and Samuel H. Hamer. The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century. 1910-1917.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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