The Griffin ?

William Collins, a brewer, issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business in the parish of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2489; Obv inscription: WILL.COLLINES.BREWER (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = Shield, a griffin rampant on a canton, a fleur de lis (in field); Rev inscription: IN. ST. GILES. THE. FEILDS (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = W.E.C. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See also, 96.66/515, in the museum collection, and token number 8120 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. St Giles in the Fields was a parish in Holborn, Middlesex; it now lies in the London Borough of Camden.