000-100-103-363-C
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Trade token (obverse), Halfpenny, of Gilbert Shearer & Company, Glasgow
This is the obverse of a 1796 copper halfpenny trade token of Gilbert Shearer & Company of Glasgow.
The obverse depicts the arms of Glasgow with the surrounding motto, 'LET GLASGOW FLOURISH'.
Glasgow's arms feature a bird, a tree, a bell, a ring and a fish inside a shield. These objects all represent some item in the study of the life of St Mungo, the patron saint of Glasgow.
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| Online ID: |
000-100-103-363-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland A.1961.769 |
| Date: |
1791
1796
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| Material: |
Copper; very slight wear. Inscription: Obv.: LET GLASGOW FLOURISH; shield of arms. Rev.: NUNQUAM ARESCERE; river-god facing right, reclining on an urn, inscribed CLYDE, from which water flows; in exergue, MDCCXCI, with R . D ., in small letters, below.
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| Dimensions: |
Diameter 29.00 mm; weight 13.24 g; die axis 6.5
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| What: |
Coin Type: Dalton and Hamer, Lanarkshire 2
Trade token
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| Subject: |
Trade Tokens
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| Who: |
Gilbert Shearer and Co. (Issuers)
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| Where: |
England, Birmingham, Soho mint
Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
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| Description: |
Copper halfpenny trade token of Gilbert Shearer and Co., Glasgow, Lanarkshire, 1791
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| References: |
- Keay, J. & J. (eds). Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London: HarperCollins, 1994, p 429.
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