Post-Medieval — 1672
Token, trade token
John Jones issued this trade token, worth a penny, for his business over against the Castle, off Saffron Hill.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2440; Obv inscription: IOHN. IONES. AT. SAFFRON. HILL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = 1D (in field, in Roman capitals); Rev inscription: OVRE / AGANIST / THE.CASTLE / 1672 (in four lines of Roman capitals, in field).
See also token number 8115 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. Castle Street (now Saffron Street), runs east off Saffron Hill, in the London Borough of Camden, having formerly been part of Holborn, Middlesex.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/977
- Object name:
- token, trade token
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Jones, John
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- Related places:
Middlesex; Castle Street (Saffron Street), Saffron Hill, Camden, London [Camden], Camden
- Production date:
- 1672
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 24 mm, WT 3.86 g
- Part of:
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- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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