Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

18th Century Tokens, Lothian (Midlothian), Edinburgh, E. Campbell, Halfpenny, 1796, obv. Highlander, 12.80g/6h (DH 18); Henry Harrison, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.56g/12h (DH 19); James Wright Jr, Halfpenny, 1796, 11.00g/6h (DH 52) [3]. Second very fine, others about extremely fine and better, first with original colour (£80-100)

James Wright Jr (1768-98), the Dundee numismatist, stated that ‘the die cracked on the first essay [of DH 52], and was only able to strike about 300 pieces’ (Dykes, SNC July-August 1996, p.196). First only illustrated