British Tokens

LANARKSHIRE, Hamilton, Brock & Ferguson, Farthing, 2.52g/6h (DH 53; W 7496), Retailers’ Farthings, 1814 (2), 4.03g/6h (DH p.439, no.4), 4.15g/6h (DH p.439, no.4a); Lanark, John Lawrie & Co, Farthing, 2.54g/11h (DH 54; W 7506, this piece illustrated); Rutherglen, William Miller, Farthing, 3.07g/12h (DH 52; W 7534), issuer uncertain, Farthing, 2.11g/8h (DH 51) [6]. Varied state, fourth extremely rare but tooled in reverse field £80-£100

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: DH 51 bt L. Whitehouse 2008; DH 52 bt S.E. Schwer 1989; DH 53 bt C.R.S. Farthing 2006; DH 54 N. Beaton Collection, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 247 [from D. Stuart June 2009]; DH 439/4 bt T. Greaves 2002; DH 439/4a N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 254 [from Spink December 1976]