The Plough

Mark Lawn, a fishhmonger, issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business in St James' Market (now Waterloo Place and environs), Westminster, Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2539; Obv inscription: Mark / Lawn / Fishmonger / 1667 ½ (in four lines, three lines of cursive script with date and ½ below, in field); Rev inscription: IN.ST.IAMES.MARKET.PLACE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A plough (in field)

See also token number 8910 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 James' Market, lay on St James' Fields, in Westminster, Middlesex; the area now forms Waterloo Place and its environs, to the north east of Pall Mall, in the City of Westminster.