Mackintosh, Inglis & Wilson, Commercial Halfpenny, 1795 (D&H Invernesshire 3)

Mackintosh, Inglis & Wilson, Commercial Halfpenny, 1795 (D&H Invernesshire 3)

Obv: A rose and a thistle united. Around the perimeter INVERNESS HALFPENNY 1795 

Rev: A cornucopia of flowers. A stone, below, inscribed CLACH NA CUDDEN. Around the perimeter CONCORDIA ET FIDELITAS No vine projecting from the right side of the flowers.

Edge: PAYABLE . AT . MACKINTOSH INGLIS & WILSON'S   (Conder p.47, 3; Atkins p. 302, 3; D&H Invernesshire 3)

Choice faded red and brown uncirculated.

Mackintosh, Inglis & Wilson, merchants, grocers, and retailers of a variety of items including paint, linens, medicinal pills and concoctions. Phineas Mackintosh (d. 1812) four-time Provost of Inverness; Alexinder Mackintosh (d. 1815) a Baillie of Inverness, later elected Provost; George Inglis (1764-1846) a colonial planter; William Wilson (1764-1811) grocer.