Cooper's Stores Glasgow Halfpenny Token
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Cooper's Stores Glasgow (Lanarkshire) uniface zinc halfpenny token undated. Obverse: Legend on two curved lines with value in circle in centre: “COOPERS * HOWARD STREET * 1D/2•”. Straight milled edge. Coopers grocery store on the corner of Clyde Street and Howard Street was started by Thomas G Bishop around 1871. Taken over by Fine Fare in 1955 the business suffered a slow decline changing hands a few times through Gateway, Somerfield and the Co-op, and eventually closed. Ex-Michael Paterson Collection. Reasonable collectable condition, see photograph. Diameter 22.8mm. VF-. £5.00 e-mail David at enquiries@abccoinsandtokens.com to order. |