Post-Medieval — 1662
The Golden Ball
This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued for a business at the sign of the Golden Ball, in Ratcliffe, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2338. Obv inscription: AT.THE.GOLDEN.BALL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A ball (in field); Rev inscription: IN.RATTLIFE.1662 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = R.A.B. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).
See also token number 8353 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. Ratcliffe is a disctrict in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, having formerly been part of Middlesex.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/930
- Object name:
- The Golden Ball
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- R.B.
- Related people:
- Related events:
- Related places:
Middlesex; Ratcliffe, Tower Hamlets, London [Tower Hamlets], Tower Hamlets
- Production date:
- 1662
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 15 mm, WT 1.25 g
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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