The Fleur de Lis and Rose

Joseph Higgs, a confectioner, issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business against Gray's Inn Gate, Holborn, Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 1234; Obv inscription: IOSEPH. HIGGS. CONFECTIONER (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A fleur-de-lis, a rose and I.A.H. (triad of initials in Roman capitals around signs, in field); Rev inscription: AGAINST / GRAIS. IN / GATE. IN / HOLBORN / HIS. HALF / PENY (in six lines of cursive script, in field).

See also token number 8043 in the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 62, The Norweb Collection: Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part VIII - Middlesex and Uncertain Pieces. Gray's Inn Gate, lay to the south of Gray's Inn, in Holborn, Middlesex; the area of Gray's Inn, is now in the London Borough of Camden.