Rare Glasgow City & Britannia Halfpenny 1795

Glasgow (Lanarkshire) copper Conder halfpenny token dated 1795. Obverse: City coat of arms consisting of a tree in full leaf, with a bird on it, a bell hanging from it, and a salmon half way up it! Legend: "LET GLASGOW FLOURISH". Reverse: Britannia: "RULE BRITANNIA 1795". Edge inscription: "PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF ALEXANDER MOLISON". Listed in Dalton & Hamer as: "R - RARE". Comes with old ticket. Nice collectable condition, see photograph.

D&H Lanarkshire No: 6. Diameter 28mm. VF. £50.00

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