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Scotland - 1797

Peters halfpenny

Obverse:

A spirit still, casks, &c., in a circle of dots. PAYABLE AT DAVID PETERS WINE & SPIRIT SHOP.

Size:

29.6 mm.

Edge:

Milled diagonally

Reverse:

The arms of Perth and motto PRO REGE ET GREGE, upon a label, with a sprig of flowers at each end. PERTH HALFPENNY 1797.

Vern's Comments:

BELL

N^o 3 D&H 10

PERTH Peters, D.
   Obverse :- On the breast of a double-headed eagle displayed or, a shield of Arms of the city of Perth (see Perthshire No. 2) with the Motto: Pro Rege Lege et Grege on a riband, supported by the talons of the eagle, and between two thistles. Legend :- PERTH HALFPENNY 1797
   Reverse :- A spirit still with a retort and worm-tub, a measure, and part of a cask; the entire design being enclosed within a dotted circle.
Legend :-PAYABLE AT DAVID PETERS WINE & SPIRIT SHOP.
   Edge :- Diagonally milled.
Westwood; manufacturer, Lutwyche. Five cwts. struck. Common.

Comments. David Peters was a wine and spirit dealer, keeping a "shop" in Perth.
   The reverse shows an ordinary distillery apparatus, consisting of a boiler for containing the fermented wash or liquor; a retort, and a worm carried through water in the worm-tub to condense the alcoholic vapour that rises from the boiler.

Commercial Coins 1787-1804., pp. 268-269

Scotland — Perthshire

D & H 10 — Perth

Bell Pg: 268-269

O: A spirit still, casks, &c., in a circle of dots. PAYABLE AT DAVID PETERS WINE & SPIRIT SHOP.

A. 8

R: The arms of Perth and motto PRO REGE ET GREGE, upon a label, with a sprig of flowers at each end. PERTH HALFPENNY 1797.

E: Milled diagonally

Peters halfpenny