Gatehouse halfpenny, 1793.
- Made:
- 1793
Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Gatehouse halfpenny, 1793. (DH Kirkcud 1). Reverse, large factory, 26 windows and two smoking chimneys. Issuer Thos. Scott & Co., 1793, ½d. Obverse Griffin crest: ‘Impero’, Gatehouse Halfpenny’. Reverse Large building (presumably the cotton mill). ‘Payable at the house of Thos. Scott & Co.’ Notes Thos. Scott & Co. were cotton manufacturers in Gatehouse, a village five miles from Kirkcudbright. The rate of growth of the village was such that only two years after the issue of the token, it was made a burgh.
Details
- Category:
- Coins, Medals & Tokens
- Object Number:
- 1977-381/112
- Materials:
- copper (metal)
- type:
- token
- credit:
- Mr. J. Newmark.