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3 October 2019
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
Hammer Price: £320
ANGUS, Arbroath, William Durward, Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 2.86g/11h (DH 38). Fine, very rare £50-£70
Hammer Price: £35
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
Hammer Price: £130
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
Hammer Price: £220
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
Hammer Price: £65
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
Hammer Price: £440
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
Hammer Price: £50
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
Hammer Price: £120
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
Hammer Price: £200
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
Hammer Price: £80
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
Hammer Price: £85
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
Hammer Price: £70
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
Hammer Price: £110
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
Hammer Price: £190
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
Hammer Price: £180
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
Hammer Price: £240
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
Hammer Price: £160
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
Hammer Price: £260
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
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
Hammer Price: £170
AYRSHIRE, Cumnock, James Paterson, Farthing, legend both sides, edge plain, 3.09g/6h (DH 9; W 7021). Very fine, rare £40-£60
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
Hammer Price: £100
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
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
EAST LOTHIAN, Haddington, George Amos, Farthing, 2.66g/4h (DH ‘Haddingtonshire’ 1; W 7492); George Pringle, Farthing, 2.83g/12h (DH 2; W 7493); Robert Richardson, Farthing, 2.00g/6h (DH 3; W 7494) [3]. DH 1 very fine, others good fine, all rare £90-£120
FIFE-SHIRE, Anstruther, Robert Taylor, Farthing, 2.31g/5h (DH 4); Burntisland, Burntisland Vitriol Co, Halfpenny, 1797, 10.42g/6h (DH 2) [2]. First good fine, second good very fine but with planchet marks both sides £40-£50
FIFE-SHIRE, Culross, Wester Main Colliery, Halfcrown, edge octavo, 17.60g/12h (D & W 285/42), Shilling, 5.10g/12h (D & W 285/44) [2]. First about fine, second very fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £55
FIFE-SHIRE, Cupar, J. Wilson, lead Farthing, 1813, 7.33g/12h (DH –; Seaby ST 432); Kirkcaldy, Links Meal Society, Farthing, 1813, 5.39g/12h (DH –; ST –) [2]. Varied state, both extremely rare £30-£40
FIFE-SHIRE, Dunfermline, J. Kirk, Farthing, 1817, 2.45g/9h (DH p.439, no.2); Robert Johnston, Farthing, 2.65g/10h (DH 6) [2]. Very fine and very rare £80-£100
FIFE-SHIRE, Inverkeithing, John Meiklejon, Farthing, sugar-loaf above thistle, rev. sailing ship, edge plain, 2.39g/11h (DH 7). Weakly struck as always, an early issue from the unflawed reverse die, fine for issue, very rare £30-£50
FIFE-SHIRE, Kirkcaldy, Robert Boog, Kempson’s Penny, 1797, bust of Adam Smith right, rev. agricultural implements by quay-side, edge plain, 29.35g/6h (DH 1). Tiny spot in obverse field, otherwise virtually as struck and bronzed, attractive, rare £900-£1,200
£900–£1,200
FIFE-SHIRE, Kirkcaldy, James Hardie, Farthing, 2.76g/11h (DH 8); Peter Henderson, Farthing, 2.31g/6h (DH 9; W 7502); Thomas Ronald, Farthing, 3.08g/6h (DH 10; W 7504); William Watt, Farthing, 2.60g/12h (DH 11) [4]. DH 10 good very fine, others fine to very fine, a good town group, mostly very rare £150-£200
FIFE-SHIRE, Leven, W. & George Meikle, Farthing, 2.81g/7h (DH 12; W 7511); Andrew Webster, Farthing, 2.90g/12h (DH 13; W 7512); John Wishart, Farthing, 3.20g/12h (DH 14) [3]. About very fine and better, all very rare £100-£150
FIFE-SHIRE, Limekilns, Robert Mailler, Farthings (2), 1819, 2.96g/12h (DH p.439, no. 1), undated, 2.48g/6h (DH 15; W 7514); Newburgh, Joseph Sharp, Farthing, 2.63g/12h (DH 16; W 7523) [3]. First fine, others very fine but DH 15 with obverse partly discoloured, first two very rare and the only issues for the locality £80-£100
INVERNESS-SHIRE, Inverness, Jonathan Gray, brass bracteate Twopences, 1758 (2), i promise to pay on demand two pence ster ino gray in six lines, 1.33g, 1.30g (Davis 3; ST 105; Brodie 128) [2]. On ovoid flans, about fine, very rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £60
INVERNESS-SHIRE, Inverness, Angus Mcdonell and William Fraser, oval brass bracteate Twopence, we promise to pay ye bearer on demand 2 pence around angus mcdonell william fraser, 1.10g (D 4; ST 106; Brodie 129). Good fine, very rare £150-£200
INVERNESS-SHIRE, Inverness, W. McIntosh, bracteate brass Twopence, i promise to pay on demand 2 pence w mcintosh in five lines, pierced sexfoil below, 2.22g (D 5; ST 107; Brodie 130, this piece). Very fine and lightly patinated, very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £90
INVERNESS-SHIRE, Inverness, Alexander Mackintosh, George Inglis and William Wilson, Halfpence (8), 1793 (3), 11.66g/6h (DH 1), 12.10g/6h (DH 1a), 11.91g/6h (DH 1b), 1794 (2), 11.74g/6h (DH 2), 11.02g/6h (DH 2a, bronzed), 1795, 10.30g/6h (DH 3), 1796 (2), 10.16g/6h (DH 4), 9.66g/7h (DH 5) [8]. DH 1b, 2 and 2a extremely fine, DH 1 fair but extremely rare, others fine to very fine, a good county group £140-£180
INVERNESS-SHIRE, Inverness, Duncan McVicar, bracteate brass Twopence, i promise to pay on demand 2 pence d mcvicar in five lines, 0.77g (D 7; ST 109; Brodie 132). Has been bent and straightened, otherwise very fine and very rare £140-£180
INVERNESS-SHIRE, Inverness, A. Stewart, bracteate brass Twopence, i’ll pay 2 pence a · stewart in three lines, three castles above, trefoil of pellets below, 0.61g (D 8; ST 110; Brodie 133, this piece). Crease mark to left, otherwise fine, extremely rare £100-£150
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