Lanarkshire 1799 farthing token D&H-39

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 23661

This specimen was lot 23661 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SCOTLAND. Lanarkshire. George Randolph & Co. Copper Farthing Token, 1799. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. Obverse: Tobacco harvester (slave) standing with farming implement in foreground with ship in background; Reverse: Three labeled canisters. Lovely for the grade with clean fields and hints of red near the design elements. While typical of the issue, some striking softness appears on the higher points of the design."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: D&H-39.

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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• Ayrshire 1799 half penny D&H-5
• Lanarkshire 1794 half penny token D&H-8a, "Pro Bono Publico".
• Devonshire 1801 2 pence token D-21, Teignmouth, Spurn Point Lighthouse
• Coins and currency dated 1799
• return to Conder tokens