440, Lot: 686. Estimate $75. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, SCOTLAND. Perthshire. Perth. CU Farthing (21.5mm, 4.16 g, 6h). Dated 1798. PERTH FARTHING 1798 above, MONKS TOWER in exergue, an ancient tower, and vessels lying at a quay / IN OUR VICINITY ARE THE FINEST STREAMS & FIELDS FOR BLEACHING IN BRITAIN (quadrilobe) around, T. MENZIE^S/ DE^S in two lines in exergue, girl watering cloth for bleaching. D&H 11. VF, brown patina.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.