BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, SCOTLAND, James Wright Jnr, (1768-1798), token enthusiast, Copper Halfpenny, 1796, a public building, WRIGHT DES inscribed in the base, EDINBURGH HALFPENNY 1796 above, REGISTER OFFICE FOUNDED 1794 in exergue, rev Britannia seated, ship in the distance, BRITAN NIA. above, edge plain (Conder p.64, 3; Pye p.18, 6; Virt p.19; Atkins p.314, 43; D&H Lothian 52). From a late state of the reverse die, little old lacquer, otherwise good extremely fine with original colour remaining.
Estimate: £100-150