View of the old quad of the University of Edinburgh, with spire dividing date above. Lettering around and below
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
EDINBURGH HALFPENNY
17 · 97
NEW UNIVERSITY
PAYe BY ANDERSON LESLIE & Co
WRIGHT DES
Reverse description
A gardener in 18th century attire, standing facing on ground holding a spade in right hand and an uprooted sapling in the other, and garden in background.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
NEU SEGNES JACEANt TERRÆ
* ETIAM MONTES CONSERERE JUVAT * (Translation: Nor let even the poor and infertile grounds lie neglected And the mountains battle favours)
