British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

18th Century Tokens, Perthshire, Perth, John Ferrier, Wright’s Halfpenny, 1797, fisherman with net and boat, space between r and des in exergue, rev. bridge above arms, edge payable on demand [by] john ferrier ++[+++], 10.16g/6h (DH – [2 obv., 1 rev.]; cf. Spence 1937). Obverse fine, reverse good fine and with no die flaw, dark patina, extremely rare £100-150

Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection).

Apart from this and the next lot, the only other example of this variant seen by the cataloguer was that in the David Spence collection