INTRODUCTION. NOTES ON THE TOKENS OF THIS SECTION.
H E Scotch tokens are remarkable as including some very well designed and executed specimens; also some, extremely plain and uninteresting, particularly the retailers' and traders' Farthings. ... f. Z l °n Century—which have been included by reason of their close association with the 18th Century s e r i e s - a r e chiefly leaden, and as a result, in poor condition; the wonder is, that such were ever accepted as currency, they being so liable to be counterfeited. Those aving the reference letter " D , " have been described in the work on the "Token Coinage of the 19th Century," hy W. J. Davis. James Wright, Junr., of Perth, was the designer of the Dundee Shillings, the Dundee Penny, and the following Halfpenny t o k e n s i s s u e d by Alex. Molison, John Pilmer, Alex. Swap & Co.; the Dudhope Castle; the four varieties of tokens issued by John Steele, of Forfar; the three varieties of those issued by Anderson, Leslie & Co., of Edinburgh; the "Register Office" tokens; tokens issued by John Ferrier, and the Private token; also the three varieties of the Perth. It will be remembered that he wrote " Observations on Coins," being an Introduction to the Virtuoso's Companion. He also wrote the Preface to Conder's Work on Tokens, but died before it was published. R. Boog, Junr., designed a number of penny size tokens; being private ones for gifts to friends, etc. The Aberdeen token, though described in Atkins' as a " Rare Private token," is one by Denton, for sale to Collectors. Of the Dundee Shilling in silver and copper, only a few proofs were struck. Of the Dundee Penny, 5 cwt. were struck for T. Webster, Junr. die-sinker, Kempson the manufacturer.
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The rare Private token, having on the obverse a portrait of Admiral Lord Duncan, was esigned by Wright. The only apparent connection between the design of the obverse and reverse, is, that an increased population would tend to provide men for the navy. ( i )