Adam Smith - Wealth of Nations

363, Lot: 537. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRADE TOKENS–SCOTLAND, Fifeshire. Kirkcaldy. Adam Smith. CU Penny (36mm, 29.74 g, 6h). Obverse bust engraved by Wyon. Dated 1797. THE PENNY OF SCOTLAND (1 OZ), bust right of Adam Smith, wearing coat with high collar; WYON on truncation of bust; 17-97 to either side of bust at bottom; in exergue, ADAM SMITH/L.L.D:F.R.S./BORN AT KIRKALDY 1723• in three lines / WEALTH OF NATIONS, industrial scene with three ships in the background; in exergue, BOOG. JUNR./DES above two entwined thistles; P. KEMPSON. FECIT. (reversed) along bottom edge. D&H 1. AU, mostly brown with some underlying red. Rare.