Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673; 1666
Unknown
Edward Nourse, a girdler (belt maker), issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business in Bishopsgate Street (now Bishopsgate), Bishopsgate Ward, City of London.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 247; Obv inscription: EDW / NOVRSE / HIS. FAR= / THINGE / WORTH. OF / COPPER (in six lines of Roman capitals, in field); Rev inscription: NEXT / THE. BVLL / IN. BISHOPS / GATE / STREET / 1666 (in six lines of Roman capitals, in field).
There are two similar tokens in the museum collection, 96.66/173 and NN17584. See also token number 6592 in the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 59, The Norweb Collection: Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part VII - City of London and J. H. Burn, A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-house Tokens current in the Seventeenth Century, presented to the Corporation Library by Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, 2nd ed. (London, 1855), no. 173.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN17583
- Object name:
- unknown
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Nourse, Edward
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- Related places:
Bishopsgate Street (Bishopsgate), [next to the Bull in Bishopsgate], Bishopsgate Ward, City of London, London [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673; 1666
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 27 mm, WT 8.50 g, (135.4 grains)
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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