Trade token (reverse), Halfpenny, of Patrick Maxwell, Perth

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This is the reverse of a copper halfpenny trade token of Patrick Maxwell, a grocer and spirit dealer in Perth. Dated 1797, the token was manufactured by Kendrick.

The reverse depicts the arms of Perth with the surrounding Latin motto, 'PRO REGE LEGE ET GREGE', which translates as 'For the king, the law and the flock'.

In the second half of the 18th century, the government's failure to issue adequate small change resulted in traders and companies issuing their own token coinage. Circulated locally, trade tokens could be used to buy goods or redeemed for regal coinage.

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• Online ID: 000-190-001-957-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1958.73
• Date: 1797
  
• Material: Copper; slight to moderate wear. Inscription: Obv.: . . PERTH HALFPENNY . .; a hank of yarn and a package of dressed flax; 17 to left and 97 to right. Rev.: PRO REGE LEGE ET GREGE; the arms of Perth. Around rim, PAYABLE AT THE HOUSE OF PAT.K MAXWELL X X
  Coin Type: Dalton and Hamer, Perthshire 8
  Trade token
  
• Dimensions: Diameter 30.00 mm; weight 8.73 g; die axis 6.0
  
• What: Coin Type: Dalton and Hamer, Perthshire 8
  Trade token
  
• Subject: Trade Tokens
  
• Who: Kendrick (Manufacturer)
  Patrick Maxwell (Issuer)
  
• Where: England, Warwickshire, Birmingham (?)
  Scotland, Perthshire, Perth
  
• Event:
• Description: Copper halfpenny trade token of Patrick Maxwell, Perth, 1797
  
• References:
  • Calder, J. 'The Wealth of a Nation'. Edinburgh: NMS, 1989 pp. 179-80 
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