Post-Medieval — 1668
The Boar's Head
William Healey issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business at the Boar's Head tavern, in Fleet Street.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 1081. Obv inscription: WILLIAM.HEALEY.AT.THE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A boar's head (in field); Rev inscription: IN.FLEET.STREET.1668 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALFE / PENNY / W.M.H. (in four lines of Roman capitals with triad of initials as bottom, in field).
See also NN17473 in the museum collection, and token number 6954 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. Fleet Street lies in the ward of Farringdon Without, in the City of London.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/493
- Object name:
- The Boar's Head
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Healey, William
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- Related places:
Fleet Street, ward of Farringdon Without, City of London, London [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- 1668
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 20 mm, WT 1.76 g
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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