Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
Unknown
James Cole issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his premises in Gray's Inn Lane, Holborn, Middlesex. Cole was a piece broker, someone who bought scraps of cloth to sell on.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 1244; Obv inscription: IAMES.COLE.IN.GRAISE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALFE / PENY (in three lines of Roman capitals, in field); Rev inscription: INNE.LANE.PEICE.BROKER (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = I.K.C. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).
See also, 96.66/555, in the museum collection, and token number 8049 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 Lane (now Gray's Inn Road), lies in the London Borough of Camden, having formerly been part of Middlesex.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- A11346
- Object name:
- unknown
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Cole, James
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- Related places:
Middlesex; Gray's Inn Lane, Holborn, Camden, London [Camden], Camden
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 21 mm, WT 1.80 g
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
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