The Rose and Crown

Robert Canham issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business in Queenhithe.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2300; Obv inscription: ROBERT.CANHAM.AT.QVEEN (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A rose and crown (in field); Rev inscription: HITHE.HIS.HALF.PENY.1669 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = The Coopers' arms R.I.C. (triad of initials in Roman capitals around sign, in field).

See also token number 7514 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. The arms of the Worshipful Company of Coopers are: Gyronny of eight gules and sable, on a chevron between three annulets or a royne between two broad axes azure, a chief vert there on three lilies argent (J. Bromley, The Armorial Bearings of the Guilds of London: a record of the heraldry of the surviving companies with historical notes; with...[illustrations] by Heather Child...(London, 1960).Queenhithe, was the name of a dock and a ward in the City of London, the ward name is still used today, and a street in the area of the dock, holds the name Queenhithe.