Comments. Thomas Scott and Co. were cotton manufacturers in Gatehouse,
a village five miles from the town of Kirkcudbright. Twenty years before the issue of the token, there was only an inn on the
Dumfries-Port Patrick road; at the time of its issue a village had sprung
up, while two years later, in 1795, it was created a burgh with power
to hold a weekly market and several fairs a year; and had a growing
trade in manufactures, especially cotton.
The obverse crest is probably intended for that of the Murray
fa mily who were land owners in the county. Their crest was a griffin
alient, with the motto "Impero."
The building on the reverse is a large factory, no doubt the works
of the issuers. |
