The Adam and Eve

Thomas Eddenborough issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business in Queen Street.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2317; Obv inscription: THOMAS.EDDENBVRRO (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = Adam and Eve (The Fruiterers' arms) (in field); Rev inscription: IN.QVEENE.STREET (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = T.A.E. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See also token number 7508 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 Fruiterers are: Azure on a mount vert the tree of Paradise, environed with a serpent, between Adam dexter and Eve sinister, all proper (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). The token must have been issued after the Great Fire of London, in 1666, as it was only at this time that the street was built, see Henry A. Harben, A Dictionary of London (London, 1918). Queen Street, runs south off Cheapside, in Vintry Ward, Cheap Ward and Cordwainer Ward, in the City of London.