Record ID: PUBLIC-CBB60F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th century trade token farthing, issued by Esdras Amery in New Gravel Lane, London, dating AD1648-1674. Williamson (1889:615), London no. 1218. Obverse: A spur. Legend: ESDRAS . A[MERY] . IN (star initial mark) Reverse: Initials E I A arranged in a triad ( . A . / E I ). Legend: NEW . GRAVELL . [LANE] Dimensions: diameter:15.77mm;weight: 0.83g
Created on: Sunday 4th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1109F5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th century trade token farthing, issued by John Smith of Harwich, Essex, dating AD1648-1674. Williamson (1889:223) Essex no. 200. Obverse: A pair of scales. Legend: [IO]HN . SMI[TH . OF] Reverse: Initials I E S arranged in a triad ( S / I . E) with a rosette below and another above the I. Legend: [HA]RWICH[ . IN . ES]SEX.  Dimensions: diameter: 16.26mm; weight: 0.86g
Created on: Sunday 14th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-222A1D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th century trade token farthing, issued by John Harison in Tothill Street, London, dating AD1648-1674. Williamson (1889:774) London no. 3165. Obverse: IOHN / HARI / SON in the central field. Legend: IN . TVTELL . STREETE. Star initial mark. Reverse: A lion rampant. Legend: AT . THE . BLACK . LYON. Star initial mark.  Dimensions: diameter: 14.71mm; weight: 0.45g
Created on: Sunday 19th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2BDC52
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued at Ye Dolphin in Henrietta Street, London. Williamson (1967, 626) London no. 1341, dating to 1648-1672. Obverse: A dolphin. Legend: AT . YE . DOLPHIN . IN Reverse: Initials E M W arranged in triad (. W . / E . M). Legend: HENERATY . STREETE. Dimensions: diameter: 15.57mm; weight: 0.64g
Created on: Sunday 20th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9DBA8D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval lead-alloy pictorial token, main series dating c. 1250-1307. The obverse depicts a double headed eagle displayed, with no legend. The reverse depicts a barry shield, with no legened. Mitchiner & Skinner (1983, 50/Pl. 5; no. 46) illustrates a token of the same design, with a date of c.1250-1307. Mitchiner & Skinner (1983:49) writes "These are made of t same metal as contemporary pilgrimage ampullae. No subsequent tokens have been recorded in pure tin until the the late fifteenth century." Two similar tokens are also recorded on the…
Created on: Monday 27th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DD3228
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by Oliffe Hind of Oxford. Williamson (1889, 932) Oxfordshire no. 143, dated 1666 (on token).  Obverse: The Mercers' Arms. Legend: OLIFFE . [HI]ND . MER[C].  Reverse: Initials H O, with a rosette above and below, with a pellet either side. Legend: IN . OXFORD . 1666, star initial mark.  Dimensions: diameter: 15.67mm; weight 0.55g
Created on: Sunday 25th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-678892
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late-medieval - early post-medieval lead-alloy token, probably dating 1490-1530. The token is circular with remnants of a casting sprue still attached. The obverse side depicts a large gothic letter M, with cross-hatching below and to the left-side. The reverse side depicts a long cross fourchee, with a cross-hatch design in each of the four quadrants. A token with a very similar obverse is shown in Mitchiner and Skinner (1984:150) plate 9, no.48. This is listed as an 'ecclesiastical token', dating 1490-1530s. The authors write: 'As a general rule ecclesiastical tokens specify …
Created on: Saturday 20th March 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-89A714
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th century trade token farthing, issued by James Tayspell of Colchester, Essex, dating AD1648-1674. Williamson (1889:220) Essex no. 156. Obverse: Initials I T in the central field, with a five-petalled rosette above, between and below. Legend: IAMES . TAYSPELL . NORTH five-petalled initial mark. Reverse: Initials I T in the central field, with a five-petalled rosette above, between and below. Legend: GATE . IN . COLCHESTER : five-petalled initial mark. Dimensions: diameter: 15.74mm; weight; 0.79g
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4C44EC
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th century token farthing, issued at the White Horse in East Smithfield, London. Williamson (1889, 589) no. 921 (London), dating 1648-1672. Obverse: A horse. Legend: AT . THE . WHITE . HORSE, five-pointed star initial mark. Reverse: Initials T A G arranged in a triad ( . G . / T . A), with a rosette between the A and G. Legend: IN . EAST . SMITHFIELD, five-pointed star initial mark Dimensions: diameter: 16.56mm; weight: 1.46g
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Saturday 20th March 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A471B4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval lead-alloy biface token, dating mid-17th - 18th century. This a Powell type 2 (initials) and type 21 (inanimate objects) token. The obverse depicts the initals I E with 3 concentric rings to the left, which span beyond the flan of the token. The reverse depicts a shoe, with a pointed toe and high-heel, similar in style to shoes of the late 17th - mid 18th century. Dimensions: diameter: 17.95mm; weight: 2.51g
Created on: Monday 5th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AAE4FD
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing trade token, issued by John Hooke in St James's Market, Westminster, London. Williamson (1889, 723), London no. 2534, dating to 1648-1672. Obverse: A cheese taster. Legend: IOHN . HOOKE . IN . YE, rosette initial mark. Reverse: Initials I A H arranged in a triad, with a rosette either side of the H and between I and A ( . H . / I . A). Legend: PLACE . WESTMINSTER, rosette initial mark. Dimensions: diameter: 15.88mm; weight: 0.99g
Created on: Friday 11th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0E5E5B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing trade token, issued by Robert Peachey of Blackmore, Essex, dating AD 1648-1674. Williamson (1889, 211), Essex no. 21. Obverse: A sugar-loaf. Legend: ROBERT . PEACHEY . OF Reverse: Initials R . P . Legend: BLACKMORE . IN . ESSEX Dimensions: diameter: 15.69mm, weight: 0.72g Reference: Williamson, G. C. 1889. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century Vol I. Elliot Stock: London. Copper alloy trade tokens were first struck in 1648. In 1656 half penny tokens were introduced. 1674 by Royal decree production of trade toke…
Created on: Friday 10th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-506B41
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval, lead alloy biface token, dating AD1670-1800. This is a Powell type 11 token, depicting tavern utensils. The obverse depicts a tall, fluted wine glass/goblet on the left, with a wine glass or decanter to with right. The obverse is decorated with a row of zigzag lines, forming 3 points. These tokens thought to be later than about 1670 and continue into the 18th century. Cf. M. Mitchiner, Jetons, Medalets and Tokens Vol. 3 c.1588-1830, p. 1818, nos.5409-11 and M. Mitchiner and Anne Skinner, 'English Tokens c.1425-1672', BNJ 54 (1984), p.129, no. 112. Simila…
Created on: Sunday 8th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-ED8CD8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast lead-alloy biface token probably dating from the late 16th - 17th century. Powell Type 2 depicting initials. The obverse depicts the inital F, with 2 pellets to the left and 3 pellets to the right (2'oclock - 5 o'clock position). There is a plain, raised border around the edge of the obverse side of the token. The reverse depicts the initals I S, with a pellet above. The token is grey, with an oranging rust staining on the upper part of the reverse side.  Similar examples can be seen in Mitchiner and Skinner (1984, 154; pl. 13), wh…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3DCAA8
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval lead-alloy bi-face token, probably dating 17th - 18th century. Powell Type 2 depicting initials. The obverse depicts the initials A and S, with a 5-pointed star in-between and a horizontal line underneath. The reverse is worn, however appears to depict a walking four-legged animal, with a long tail and antlers, facing right. There is a 5-pointed star above. Some similar examples can be seen in Mitchiner and Skinner (1984, 162; pl. 21) which are dated to the 17th century. An almost identical example is recorded on the database: PUBLIC-3DB08A, which was found very …
Created on: Wednesday 25th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3DB08A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval lead-alloy bi-face token, probably dating 17th - 18th century. Powell Type 2 depicting initials. The obverse depicts the initials A and S, with a 5-pointed star in-between and a horizontal line underneath. The reverse is worn, however appears to depict a walking four-legged animal, with a long tail and possibly antlers, facing right. There is a pellet and a 5-pointed star above. Some similar examples can be seen in Mitchiner and Skinner (1984, 162; pl. 21) which are dated to the 17th century. An almost identical example is recorded on the database: PUBLIC-3DCAA8,…
Created on: Wednesday 25th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3CF0EC
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by Richard Melton, of Bermondsey Street, Southwark, London. Williamson (1889, 1014) Southwark no. 161, dating to 1648-1672. Obverse: two crossed keys with elaborate bows. Legend: RICHARD . MELTON . IN Reverse: Initials R A M arranged in a triad (. M . / R . A). Legend: BARNIBE . STREETE Dimensions: diameter: 16.06mm; weight: 1.01g
Created on: Wednesday 25th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1BE2AB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval lead-alloy token, dated 1659. Powell Type 2 depicting initials, I A H. The obverse of the token has a central motif resembling a coffee pot or a bell, with the date 1659 (16 to the left of the motif and 50 to the right). The reverse side has the initials I A H arranged in a triad. The H initial appears to be seriffed on the bottom, with the two serifs joining. Both sides have a raised border. The token is a dark-grey colour, with a small spot of corrosion on the I initial. Some similar examples can be seen in Mitchiner and Skinner (1984, 157; pl. 16) which all dat…
Created on: Friday 30th November 2018
Last updated: Saturday 20th March 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-48621A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token farthing issued by Robert Michell of Rochester, Kent. Williamson (1967, 380) Kent no. 472, dating to 1648-1672. Obverse: Two compasses crossed. Legend reads: ROBERT . MICHELL Reverse: R . M . N in a triad. Legend reads: OF . ROCHESTER Dimensions: diameter: 15.87mm; weight: 1.08g
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Sunday 27th September 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-23B9DE
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century token halfpenny issued at the Will Sommers, Old Fish Street in London, Williamson London 2147, dated 1666 on the token. Ref.: Williamson (1889, 692) Diameter: 21.03 mm; Weight: 2.12 g
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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