Lothian 8, Edinburgh. Anderson, Leslie & Co. (Dalton & Hamer, page 419)
Denomination: halfpenny, scarcity: Rare (R)
8. O: View of a public building. EDINBURGH HALFPENNY 1797. PAYE BY ANDERSON
LESLIE & Co. WRIGHT DES in small letters on the ground. Ex.: NEW UNIVERSITY
OF EDINBURGH. Similar to No. 6, "NEW" in exergue. (Same as No. 7).
R: A gardener holding a spade in one hand and a shrub in the other. NEU SEGNES
JACEANT TERRA ETIAM MONTES CONSERERE JUVAT. Similar, TERRA instead of
TERRAE.
E: Plain.
Also struck in silver.
No. 8, R.
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