City coat of arms consisting of a tree in full leaf, with a bird on it, a bell hanging from it, and a salmon half way up it
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
LET
GLASGOW FLOURISH·
Reverse description
Recumbent river god leaning on overturned pitcher representing the source of the Clyde, date in exergue
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
NUNQUAM ARESCERE
MDCCXCI (Translation: Never dry up)
Edge
Inscripted
Mint
Mintage
1791 - DH#2 - PAYABLE AT THE HOUSE OF GILBERT SHEARER & CO: - 483 903 1791 - DH#2a - as above but without colon - 1791 - DH#2b - PAYABLE AT H BROWNBILLS SILVERSMITH - 1791 - DH#2c - plain edge (in collar) -