The Three Pigeons

Elizabeth Pearce issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for her business in the parish of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2503; Obv inscription: ELIZABETH.PEARCE.63 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HER / HALFE / PENY (in three lines of Roman capitals, in field); Rev inscription: ST.GILES.IN.YE.FEILDES (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = Tallowchandlers' arms (in field).

See also, 96.66/526, in the museum collection, and token number 8124 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.