Add to albumThis is the reverse of a copper halfpenny trade token of Smith and Wilson of Brechin in Angus. The token is dated 1801.
The reverse depicts a building with a waterwheel at the side. The surrounding text reads 'EAST MILL/BRECHIN/1801'.
The shortage of change was eased in 1797 when Boulton and Watt produced their 'Cartwheel' issue of copper coins. Production of tokens tailed off and, after a revival in the first quarter of the 19th century, they were finally declared illegal in 1817.
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- Online ID: 000-190-001-959-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland H.1958.2
- Date: 1801
- Material: Copper; traces of lustre; slight wear. Inscription: Obv.: PAYABLE BY SMITH AND WILSON; view of a church; CHURCH in exergue. Rev.: EAST MILL; a building with a waterwheel; in exergue, BRECHIN / 1801. Edge plain, in collar.
Coin Type: Dalton and Hamer, Angusshire 8
Trade token
- Dimensions: Diameter 28.50 mm; weight 9.86 g; die axis 6.0
- What: Coin Type: Dalton and Hamer, Angusshire 8
Trade token
- Subject: Trade Tokens
- Who: Smith and Wilson (Issuers)
- Where: England, uncertain mint
Scotland, Angus, Brechin
- Event:
- Description: Copper halfpenny trade token of Smith and Wilson, Brechin, Angus, 1801
- References:
- Calder, J. 'The Wealth of a Nation'. Edinburgh: NMS, 1989 pp. 179-80
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