Middlesex 156 (Scarce). Skidmore's Clerkenwell Series. Copper penny. 24.4 gm. 35 mm. Dies by Jacobs. Ruins of a Scottish castle; FORT GEORGE INVERNESS SCOTLAND / A shield of arms; P. SKIDMORE . MEDAL . MAKER . COPPICE-ROW . CLERKENWELL . around; LONDON in field above shield. Edge: I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY. Uncirculated; even light toning with some underlying iridescence visible.

Built in 1727 near the River Ness as a control over the Jacobite uprisings, it was blown up by the Jacobites in 1746 to stop the Hanoverians from using it. (Seldom offered)