Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, SCOTLAND, John Ferrier, (1769-1855) hosier, Perth, Silver Halfpenny, 1797, obv a church, PERTH HALFPENNY above, ST. JOHNS CHURCH in exergue, arms and motto of Perth, PRO REGE LEGE ET GREGE, rev a watermill, WRIGHT DES below, 46 WATER : MILLS FOR BLEACHING . PRINTING . COTTON WORKS . CORN &c. WITHIN 4 MILES OF PERTH around, edge plain (D&H Perthshire 4a). Struck from a later state of the dies, minor marks, otherwise good extremely fine with attractive tone, very rare in silver.

Estimate: £400-600