The Flying Horse

This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued for a business at the sign of the Flying Horse, in St Nicholas Shambles (now part of Newgate Street).

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2701; Obv inscription: AT.THE.FLYING.HORSE.IN (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A flying horse (in field); Rev inscription: S.NICKLES.SHAMBLES (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = P.M.B. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See also token number 7657 in the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 59, The Norweb Collection: Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part VII - City of London. See also, A11408, in the museum collection. See also, NN18668, in the museum collection. St Nicholas Shambles Lane, was an early portion of what is now Newgate Street, it lay in the ward of Farringdon Within, in the City of London, see Henry A. Harben, A Dictionary of London (London, 1918).