The Chandler

Thomas Jennings issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business, at an unknown location.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2535; Obv inscription: THOMAS.IENNINGS.IN (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A chandler (in field); Rev inscription: WESTMIN.OR.IN.MAR.LANE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = T.E.I. (triad of initials jn Roman capitals, in field).

See also token number 9062 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. The location of issue for the trade token is uncertain; it seems to have been issued for a business in Westminster, the other portion of the place of issue is unclear, it may be Mark Lane, in Tower Ward, Langbourn Ward, and Aldgate Ward, in the City of London, or it may be St Martin's Lane, or St Martin le Grand, in Aldersgate Ward, in the City of London.