Lanarkshire 1791 half penny token D&H-2
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This specimen was lot 76785 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Lanarkshire. Glasgow. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1791. PCGS PROOF-64. Obverse: A river god reclining on an urn, from which water is flowing out of, date below and legend above; Reverse: Arms of Glasgow with legend."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: D&H-2.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
Link to:
- Lanarkshire 1794 half penny token D&H-8a, Glasgow "Pro Bono Publico"
- Coins and currency dated 1791