The Angel

Thomas Fell issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business at the sign of the Angel, at Smithfield Bars.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2892; Obv inscription: THOMAS. FELL. AT. YE. ANGELL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = An angel and T.I.F. (triad of initials in Roman capitals around sign, in field); Rev inscription: AT.SMITHFEILD.BARRS.67 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALFE / PENNY (in three lines of Roman capitals, in field).

See also token number 7686 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. Smithfield Bars formed the boundary between the outer edge of the City of London, in the ward of Farringdon Without, and Finsbury, Middlesex, now part of London Borough of Camden.