The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens

19th Century, Bute-shire, Rothsay, an Edinburgh, T. and A. Hutchison, Halfpenny, 1791, obverse counterstamped PAYABLE AT ROTHSAY MILLS (D. 65, on DH Lothian 33; Scott 60.1A; Seaby ST 98; cf. Allen, lot 30). Coin only mediocre, countermark about very fine (£25-35)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens.

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Ex SCMB March 1965. From the hoard of Scottish countermarked coppers which surfaced on the London market in December 1964 (cf. Allen, footnote to lot 85)