Post-Medieval — 1657
Token, trade token
Robert Banks issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business on Saffron Hill, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2439; Obv inscription: ROBERT.BANKES.ON (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = 1657 (in field); Rev inscription: SAFFRON.HILL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = R.E.B. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).
See also token number 8110 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. Saffron Hill runs south of Clerkenwell Road, in the London Borough of Camden, having formerly been part of Holborn, Middlesex.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN18337
- Object name:
- token, trade token
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- Artist/Maker:
- Banks, Robert
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- Production date:
- 1657
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 16 mm, WT 0.87 g
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
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