Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Coffee House
Richard Tart issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business, a coffee shop, in Grey Friars (site of current Merrill Lynch International building).
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 1230; Obv inscription: RICHARD.TART.IN.GRAY (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = Half length figure filling a coffee cup (in field); Rev inscription: FRIERS.HIS.HALFE.PENNY (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = R.T (in field, in Roman capitals).
There is another example of the this token in the museum collection, 96.66/572. See also token number 7044 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, Bryant Lillywhite, London Coffee Houses (London, 1963), no. 1316. Grey Friars (site of current Merrill Lynch International building), off Newgate Street, lies in the ward of Farringdon Within, in the City of London.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN17548
- Object name:
- The Coffee House
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Tart, Richard
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- Related places:
Grey Friars, Newgate Street, ward of Farringdon Within, City of London, London [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 20 mm, WT 2.69 g
- Part of:
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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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