Transport, Angus, Dundee, John Robertson, oval copper Twopence, value, rev. horse-drawn omnibus, 27 x 19mm, 3.28g/12h (Smith 300A; Seaby ST 627; Brodie 285); Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Clyde Navigation [Trust], brass Twopence and brass Halfpenny, obvs. anchor, 32mm, 8.05g/12h, 27mm, 5.58g/6h (Smith 420FH, 420 FI; Seaby ST 661-2; D & W 331/6; MG 1352; Brodie 295); Andrew Menzies, oval copper Twopence, value, rev. horse-drawn omnibus, 27 x 19mm, 3.89g/12h (Smith 420G; Seaby ST 657; MG 1371; Brodie 305; Noble II, 1115) [2]. First fine, third very fine, others better £50-70

Provenance: D.C. Pottinger Collection [*first W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 62 (Sydney), 17-18 November 1999, lot 1115 (part), from A. Judd January 2000, second from Format March 1999, third from J. Whitmore August 1983, fourth from S.H. Monks March 1994).

John M. Robertson, 23 Perth road and Meadowbank; Clyde Navigation Trust, Glasgow’s port authority, took over the leases of several ferries, previously privately operated, in 1848; Andrew Menzies, coach proprietor and undertaker, 10 Argyle street and 119 London street