LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, James Kirkwood, Farthing, 1781, legend around sugar-loaf, rev. legend around date, edge plain, 3.03g/6h (DH 38, this piece illustrated). Flan clip, small s and b punched into obverse, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Scottish Tokens Formed by the Late Michael Paterson.

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Provenance: D.T. Batty Collection; L.L. Fletcher Collection, Glendining Auction, 14-15 March 1934, lot 57 (part) [from D.T.B. 1895]; Baldwin ‘Basement’ Part III, Baldwin Auction 102, 4 October 2016, lot 2560; bt Baldwin November 2016