Inverness 1795 half penny token D&H-3a

Steve Album Auction 53, lot 3121

This specimen was lot 3121 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $110. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SCOTLAND: AE halfpenny token, 1795, Inverness halfpenny, variety without the "I" before WILSON'S and dash after WILSON'S omitted in the edge lettering, rose and thistle tied together with "INVERNESS HALFPENNY - 1795", cornucopia with CONCORDIA ET FIDELITAS around and stone below inscribed CLACH-NA / CUDDEN, red and brown, PAYABLE AT MACKINTOSH INGLIS & WILSON'S on edge, Choice UNC."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, this specimen 9.76 g, 29 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: D&H-Invernesshire 3a.

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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• Inverness 1793 half penny token D&H-1A, PAYABLE AT MACKINTOSH INGLIS & WILSON'S
• Inverness 1794 half penny token D&H-2, PAYABLE AT MACKINTOSH INGLIS & WILSON'S
• Lanarkshire 1794 half penny token D&H-8a, Glasgow
• Yorkshire 1795 half penny token D&H-28A, Leeds
• Coins and currency dated 1795