Gilbert Shearer & Co., Imitation Copper Halfpenny, c1791 (DH Lanarkshire 3a)

Gilbert Shearer & Co., Imitation Copper Halfpenny, c1791 (DH Lanarkshire 3a)

Gilbert Shearer & Co., Imitation Copper Halfpenny c1791 Obv The arms of Glasgow upon a shield. Around the perimeter LET GLASGOW FLOURISH The center line of the shield aligns with the foot of the I of FLOURISH. Rev A river god reclining on an urn, inscribed CLYDE. Around the perimeter NUNQUAM ARESCERE, MDCCXCI below. No initials under date. Edge CAMBRIDGE BEDFORD AND HUNTINGDON  (Atkins p. 305, 3a; D&H Lanarkshire 3a)

Struck from a mid- to late-state of the dies. EF or better. 

£75.60