Henry Muscut issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his coffee house at Brook House, in Holborn, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 1438; Obv inscription: AT. YE. COFFE. HOVSE. AGAINST (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HENRY MVSCVT, A hand holding a cup (text in Roman capitals with sign below, in field); Rev inscription: BROOK / HOVSE. IN / HOLBORN / HIS. HALF/ PENNY / H.E.M. (in six lines of Roman capitals with triad of initials at bottom, in field); heart shaped
See also Bryant Lillywhite, London Coffee Houses (London, 1963), no. 265. Holborn, was formerly part of Middlesex, and now lies within the London Borough of Camden.
