Description
Great Britain, Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, James Angus (tea merchant), Copper Farthing Trade Token, dated 1780, obverse: a sugar loaf, JAMES ANGUS. above, A FARTHING below, line under sugar loaf aligns with centre of F and second limb of G of FARTHING, space between the name and denomination, reverse: A SHIFT 1780 at centre, TEA SHOP above, GLASGOW. below, stop after GLASGOW, tail of 7 aligns just above and to right of A of GLASGOW, edge plain, diam. 21mm (Dalton & Hamer “The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century” 21).
About very fine, edge clipped, very rare.
