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1 Shilling Angusshire - Dundee / J. Wright
| Issuer | J. Wright (Dundee) |
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| Year | 1798 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A full-length figure of a Scottish Highland warrior strides boldly to the right across a plain ground line, depicted in period military dress including a bonnet, holding a torch or flaming brand aloft in his right hand and carrying a large round targe shield and broadsword in his left. The figure is rendered with considerable detail and vigour, conveying martial energy in the tradition of late 18th-century allegorical token design. The circular legend FROM THE HEATH-COVERD MOUNTAINS OF SCOTIA WE COME surrounds the scene. Beneath the ground line, in an oval cartouche, a small heraldic device — likely the arms of Dundee — appears in the lower field. The composition reflects the patriotic and regional character common to Scottish emergency currency tokens of the period. |
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Dundee's textile economy ran on token coinage through much of the 1790s, with local merchants issuing their own silver pieces to compensate for a chronic shortage of Royal Mint silver in circulation — a shortage Parliament repeatedly failed to address despite petitioner after petitioner. J. Wright's shilling belongs to this improvised local monetary infrastructure, struck when trust in a tradesman's name was, practically speaking, more bankable than waiting for official coin.
Dalton & Hamer's listing as DH#4 places this among the earliest-catalogued of the Angusshire pieces.