TOKEN

Unique ID: SUR-AD67A1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Notes:

Samuel Young was made bankrupt in 1861 and was a Birmingham licensed victualler.

According to the Birmingham Heritage Forum website the origins of lawn tennis can be traced to the meeting of two men in this pub in Bath Street, Birmingham, more or less opposite to St Chad's Cathedral. Originally the Welch Harp its name seems to have been changed to the Racquet Court Inn when the Bath Street Racquets Club was formed in 1859 with a court beside the pub. Here gentlemen and players met for entertainment and to play racquets - a game similar to fives and a forerunner of squash.

The date of this token appears then to be 1859-1861.

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: Include in PostMedArch

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1859
Date to: Circa AD 1861

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.89 g
Diameter: 29.9 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2012

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 13-1473

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Jetton / token data

Class: Other
Group: Other
Type: Other
Denomination: Token penny
Obverse description: A man playing rackets
Obverse inscription: THREE PENCE
Reverse inscription: SAML YOUNG/RACKET COURT INN/ BATH STREET