1/2 penny token - Let Glasgow Fluorish - 1791

Side 1: LET GLASGOW FLOURISH

Side 2: NUNQUAM ARESCERE. In ex.: MDCCXCI (R.D. below).
On the edge: PAYABLE AT THE HOUSE OF GILBERT SHEARER & CO.

D&H 2 (Scotland - Lanarkshire, Glasgow)
Mm. 29 - Copper

Dalton & Hamer 2 - Lanarkshire, HALFPENNIES, Glasgow .
O: The arms of Glasgow. LET GLASGOW FLOURISH.
R: A river god reclining on an urn, inscribed CLYDE, from which water is issuing. NUMQUAM ARESCERE. Ex: MDCCXCI. The initials R.D. under.
A. 2 - Also struck in silver and brass.
E : PAYABLE AT THE HOUSE OF GILBERT SHEARER & CO:
The design of the reverse represents a river god reclining on an urn, from which water is issuing; the urn is inscribed CLYDE; the legend refers to the Clyde never drying up. The initials below the date (R D) are probably those of Roger Dixon, die-sinker, of Birmingham. Several tons of tokens were struck for Gilbert Shearer & Co., at the Soho Mint.

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