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The Collection of Scottish Tokens Formed by the Late Michael Paterson

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This collection was sold on 3 October 2019.

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Lot 711, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Arbroath, James Borthwick, Farthing, legend around 39 high st, rev. grocery & tea warehouse, edge plain, 2.61g/12h (DH 37, this piece; W 6993, this piece). Flan dented, otherwise fine, of the highest rarity; perhaps the only specimen known £150-£200

Lot 711, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £320

Lot 712, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Arbroath, William Durward, Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 2.86g/11h (DH 38). Fine, very rare £50-£70

Lot 712, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £35

Lot 713, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Arbroath, Andrew Thom, Farthing, legend around no. 77 high street, rev. teas coffees sugars & worsteds, edge plain, 2.84g/10h (W 6995). Fine, extremely rare £90-£120

Lot 713, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £130

Lot 714, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Brechin, Colin Smith and Patrick Wilson, Halfpence, 1801 (3), 10.31g/12h (DH 7), 10.33g/12h (DH 8), 10.08g/6h (DH 9) [3]. About extremely fine and better, first scarce £90-£120

Lot 714, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £220

Lot 715, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Dundee, William Croom, Boulton’s Halfpence (2), 9.59g/6h (DH 12), Proof, 10.35g/6h (DH 13) [2]. First extremely fine, second virtually as struck and bronzed £100-£150

Lot 715, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £65

Lot 716, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Dundee, William Croom, Kempson’s Halfpenny, shield of arms, rev. legend in six lines, edge plain, 9.64g/6h (DH 14). Extremely fine with much original colour and reflective fields, very rare in this quality; of comparable quality to the R.S. Brown Jr specimen £150-£200

Lot 716, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £440

Lot 717, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Dundee, William Croom, Kempson’s Halfpenny, 9.29g/6h (DH 15); Wright’s ‘Infirmary’ Halfpenny, 1796, 10.33g/6h (DH 16), imitation Halfpenny, 1796, 9.03g/6h (DH 16a) [3]. DH 15 good fine, others about extremely fine, last with usual die flaws £60-£80

Lot 717, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £50

Lot 718, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Dundee, Peter Kirkpatrick, Farthing, 2.83g/12h (DH 43; W 7040); J.M. & Co, Farthings (2), 3.40g/12h (DH 39a), 3.14g/12h (DH 39 bis) [3]. DH 39 about extremely fine, others about very fine and better, DH 43 very rare £70-£90

Lot 718, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £120

Lot 719, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Dundee, Alexander Molison, Wright’s Halfpence, 1795 (2), 11.71g/6h (DH 10), 9.61g/6h (DH 10a); John Pilmer, Wright’s Halfpenny, 1797, 11.53g/6h (DH 17); Alexander Swap & Co, Wright’s Halfpence, 1797 (4), 12.32g/6h (DH 21), 10.27g/6h (DH 21b), 11.26g/6h (DH 21 bis I), 11.39g/6h (DH 22a) [7]. DH 10 extremely fine with considerable original colour, others fine to very fine, several very rare £100-£200

Lot 719, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £200

Lot 720, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Dundee, Thomas Webster Jr, Wright’s Penny, 1797, warehouses above arms, rev. frontal elevation of the Town House, edge payable on demand by thos webster junr, 19.60g/6h (DH 5). Extremely fine, reflective fields £80-£100

Lot 720, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £80

Lot 721, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Dundee, Thomas Webster, Wright’s Halfpence, 1797 (3), 12.25g/12h (DH 18), 12.19g/6h (DH 19), 10.06g/6h (DH 20); James Wright Jr, Farthings (2), 1796, 4.65g/6h (DH 40), 1797, 4.70g/5h (DH 42) [5]. DH 18 extremely fine, DH 19 and 20 fine to very fine, others very fine £60-£80

Lot 721, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £85

Lot 722, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Dundee, James Wright Jr, Shilling, 1797, in silver, ancient citadel, rev. Highlander, edge plain, 4.10g/12h (DH 3). Usual reverse die flaw, a few rim nicks, otherwise about very fine, rare £60-£80

Lot 722, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £70

Lot 723, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Dundee, James Wright Jr, Shilling, 1797, in silver, ancient citadel, rev. from the same die as previous, edge plain, 5.92g/12h (DH 4). Usual light die flaw on reverse, very fine, rare £100-£150

Lot 723, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £110

Lot 724, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Forfar, John Steele, Halfpence, 1797 (4), 11.45g/7h (DH 23), 11.00g/7h (DH 24), 11.45g/6h (DH 25), 11.44g/7h (DH 26) [4]. DH 25 about extremely fine but with edge flaw, DH 23 very fine, others fine and better; all the variants for the town £50-£70

Lot 724, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £190

Lot 725, 3 Oct 19

ANGUS, Montrose, James Bissett & Son, Halfpence, 1796 (2), 7.37g/6h (DH 27), 8.87g/6h (DH 28), imitation Halfpenny, 1797, 6.80g/6h (DH 29); Andrew Nicol, Halfpence, 1799 (6), 11.29g/6h (DH 31), 10.89g/6h (DH 32), 9.59g/6h (DH 33), 9.23g/6h (DH 34), 9.06g/6h (DH 35), 8.65g/6h (DH 36) [9]. DH 33 and 36 extremely fine, DH 27 about very fine and very rare, others fine to very fine; a good town group £120-£150

Lot 725, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £180

Lot 726, 3 Oct 19

ARGYLLSHIRE, Inverary, Skidmore’s Penny, 1797, view of ancient fortress, rev. tg cypher, edge i promise to pay on demand the bearer one penny, 18.89g/11h (DH 2). About extremely fine £100-£150

Lot 726, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £240

Lot 727, 3 Oct 19

AYRSHIRE, Ayr, William Fullarton, Milton’s Halfpenny, 1797, bust of William Wallace left, rev. Scotia seated left, edge plain, struck in collar, 14.26g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, p.150, fig. 1; DH 3). Extremely fine, original colour £100-£150

Lot 727, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £160

Lot 728, 3 Oct 19

AYRSHIRE, Ayr, William Fullarton, Milton’s Halfpenny, 1797, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, struck out of collar, 11.28g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, p.150, fig. 1; DH 3a). Good extremely fine, attractively patinated £90-£120

Lot 728, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £260

Lot 729, 3 Oct 19

AYRSHIRE, Ayr, William Fullarton, Trial for a Shilling [1798], from dies by J. Milton, in copper, bust of William Wallace right, rev. female seated in mourning, struck in collar, edge plain, 7.71g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, p.151, fig. 2; DH 7). Usual die flaw on reverse, some rim bruises on reverse, otherwise extremely fine and patinated, rare £100-£150

Lot 729, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £110

Lot 730, 3 Oct 19

AYRSHIRE, Ayr, William Fullarton, Restrike Pattern Halfpenny, 1799, by W.J. Taylor from dies by J. Milton, armoured bust of George III left, rev. cruciform shields with plumes in angles, repaired label of difference on impaled Scottish arms, edge plain, 8.38g/12h (Dykes, BNJ 2002, pp.155-8; DH 5). Usual cud under bust, virtually as struck £200-£260

Lot 730, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £170

Lot 731, 3 Oct 19

AYRSHIRE, Cumnock, James Paterson, Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 3.09g/6h (DH 9; W 7021). Very fine, rare £40-£60

Lot 731, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £120

Lot 732, 3 Oct 19

BUTE, Rothesay, Rothsay Mills, a George II Halfpenny [1729-39]. obv. countermarked payable at rothsay mills ◊, 6.91g (Scott 60.1A; D 65). Coin worn, countermark better than fine £90-£120

Lot 732, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £100

Lot 733, 3 Oct 19

DUMFRIES-SHIRE, Sanquhar, John Halliday, Farthing, legend both sides, 2.48g/6h (DH 1; W 7537). Flan clip, otherwise good fine, extremely rare £100-£150

Lot 733, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £200

Lot 734, 3 Oct 19

EAST LOTHIAN, East Linton, Hugh Brown, Farthing, scales, rev. ship, commercium, edge plain, 2.16g/6h (DH ‘Haddingtonshire’ 4). Good fine, very rare £60-£80

Lot 734, 3 Oct 19

Sold for £180

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