SCOTTISH TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF NEIL BEATON
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Inverness, Mackintosh, Inglis & Wilson, Halfpence (7), 1793 (2), 12.40g/5h (DH 1a), 11.53g/6h (DH 1b), 1794 (2), 11.34g/6h, 11.03g/6h (both DH 2a, bronzed), 1795, 9.82g/6h (DH 3), 1796 (2), 9.76g/4h (DH 4), 9.44g/7h (DH 5) [7]. Both 1794s extremely fine and better but second lightly rubbed, 1795 extremely fine with original colour, DH 1a about extremely fine, others fine
£120-150
Provenance: DH 1a and 4 bt June 1995; DH 1b bt June 1998; DH 2a at 11.34g A Good Collection of 18th Century Tokens, DNW Auction 29, 9 April 1997, lot 474 (part); DH 2a at 11.03g bt M.J. Martin November 2006; *DH 3 bt J. Whitmore November 2001; DH 5 bt J.L. Holman March 2000
Glasgow, W. Bilton, Farthing, 2.40g/6h (DH 23); Cubie & Paterson, Farthings (2), 2.30g/6h (DH 24), 2.52g/6h (DH 24 bis); Ralph Erskin & Co, Farthings, 1781 (2), 3.70g/12h (DH 25), 4.34g/12h (DH 26) [5]. DH 24 fine, DH 24 bis fair but rare, others very fine, first well-struck £120-150
Provenance: DH 23 N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 178 (part) [from W. Allen February 1968]; DH 24 bt Reading CC January 1999; DH 24 bis bt R. Gladdle February 1998; DH 25 R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 182 (part); *DH 26 Glendining Auction, 3-4 October 1973, lot 676 (part), W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 1286 (part), bt R. Gladdle August 1998
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Gatehouse of Fleet, Thomas Scott & Co, Halfpenny, 1793, griffin, rev. warehouse, edge plain, 8.99g/6h (DH 1; Brodie 171). Good fine, patinated
£15-25 Provenance: Bt December 2010
Lanarkshire
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Glasgow, Alexander Ewing, Farthing, 1799, 5.13g/6h (DH 27); T. Finlayson, Farthings (2), 2.37g/5h (DH 29), 2.36g/6h (DH 30); Alexander Hamilton, Farthings (5), 4.93g/6h, 4.86g/6h (both DH 31/32), 5.42g/6h (DH 33), 4.29g/6h (DH 34), 4.20g/6h (DH 35), and an obv. brockage, 5.23g (DH 31-3) [9]. DH 33, 34 and 35 very fine, DH 27 fair, others generally fine
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Airdrie, Archibald Johnston, Farthing, 2.07g/5h (DH 10); Anderston, W. McNeilage, Farthing, 2.70g/6h (DH 11) [2]. Fine, first extremely rare
£60-80
Provenance: *DH 10 bt M.J. Paterson November 2010; DH 11 bt November 2009
Provenance: DH 27 bt J.L. Holman May 1998; DH 29 bt June 1995; DH 30 bt J. Whitmore November 2004; DH 31/32 at 4.93g and brockage R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 182 (part); DH 31/32 at 4.86g bt Reading CC February 2004; DH 33 bt Reading CC March 2005; *DH 34 bt January 2009; DH 35 bt J.L. Holman September 1998
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Glasgow, Archibald Anderson, Farthings (4), 2.28g/6h, 2.21g/12h (both DH 12/13; cf. DNW T6, lot 472, footnote), 2.18g/6h (DH 14), 2.61g/6h (DH 15); James Angus, Farthings, 1780 (3), 3.32g/6h (DH 18), 3.59g/6h (DH 20), 3.21g/6h (DH 22) [7]. DH 14, 15 and 22 about very fine, second very rare, DH 12/13 at 2.21g mediocre, others generally fine
£80-100
Provenance: DH 12/13 at 2.28g bt R. Gladdle February 1997; DH 12/13 at 2.21g bt P. Withers July 2005; DH 14 bt R. Gladdle February 1998; *DH 15 bt H. Simmons October 2010; DH 18 R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 182 (part); DH 20 N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 177 (part) [from Baldwin October 1991], bt R. Gladdle June 2003; DH 22 bt Reading CC March 2000.
It has been argued that the farthings of James Angus should be considered to be the earliest 18th century commercial tokens struck (Andison, TCSB May 2001, p.417)
Additional illustrations may be found on our website
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Glasgow, James Kirkwood, Farthing, 1781, 3.41g/6h (DH 38); George Randolph, Farthing, 1799, 3.24g/5h (DH 39); E. Waterson & Co, Farthing, 2.97g/6h (DH 50); Retailers’ Farthings (6), 2.35g/6h (DH 42), 2.44g/7h (DH 43), 2.54g/12h (DH 45), 2.63g/6h (DH 46), 2.46g/6h (DH 47), 2.49g/1h (DH 48) [9]. First about fine but extremely rare, DH 43 and 48 very fine, former rare, others generally fine to very fine
£120-150
Provenance: *DH 38 DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 460 (part); DH 39 and 50 R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 182 (part); DH 42 bt J.L. Holman May 1998; DH 43 bt J.L. Holman July 2005; DH 45 bt Reading CC January 1999; DH 46 bt May 2011; DH 47 bt December 2010; DH 48 bt J.L. Holman February 2002
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