View source for Lothian 1796 half penny token D&H-52

[[Image:JE163-1788o.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 163, lot 1788]]
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This specimen was lot 1788 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €120 (about US$139 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ÉCOSSE, Token, Lothian, Édimbourg, Cu halfpenny, 1796. D/ Vue sur la General Register House d'Édimbourg. R/ Britannia assise à g., un navire voguant à d. à l'horizon. Rare. Tranche lisse. Brisure de coin au droit, habituelle pour ce type.'' ([[Great Britain]], Scotland, Lothian, Edinburgh, copper half penny of 1796. Obverse: view of the General Register House; reverse: Britannia seated left, a ship sails right on the horizon. Rare, plain edge, die break on the obverse, as is usual for this type. Uncirculated.)"</blockquote>

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' copper. 

''Catalog reference:'' D.& H. 52. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Conder, James. ''An arrangement of Provincial Coins, [[Conder tokens|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 163'', Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Lothian 1796 half penny token D&H-19]], Edinburgh
* [[Coins and currency dated 1796]]

[[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 163]]