Trade token (reverse), Halfpenny, of Glasgow

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This is the reverse of a 1794 copper halfpenny trade token of Glasgow.

The reverse depicts a large sailing ship with three masts. The flag flying is possibly the Scottish Saltire.

Between 1787 and 1817 over 10,000 different types of trade token were issued. Tokens varied in quality from crude lead discs stamped with initials to elaborate pieces of craftwork from the die-sinkers with depictions of industrial or commercial scenes.

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• Online ID: 000-190-001-902-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.XII.19.22
• Date: 1794
  
• Material: Copper; traces of lustre; very slight wear. Inscription: Obv.: NUNQUAM ARESCERE; river-god facing right, reclining on an urn, inscribed CLYDE, from which water flows; in exergue, MDCCXCI. Rev.: PRO BONO PUBLICO; ship sailing to right; 1794 in exergue. Ed
  Coin Type: Dalton and Hamer, Lanarkshire 8a
  Trade token
  
• Dimensions: Diameter 28.00 mm; weight 7.87 g; die axis 7.0
  
• What: Coin Type: Dalton and Hamer, Lanarkshire 8a
  Trade token
  
• Subject: Trade Tokens
  
• Who:
• Where: England, uncertain mint
  Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  
• Event:
• Description: Copper halfpenny trade token of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, 1794
  
• References:
  • Calder, J. 'The Wealth of a Nation'. Edinburgh: NMS, 1989 pp. 179-80 
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