The Rhenish Wine House; The Steelyard

Richard Dernelly issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business in Steelyard Hall.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2949; Obv inscription: RICHARD.DERNELLY (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = 1661 (in field); Rev inscription: IN.STILL.YARD.HALL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = R.S.D. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See also token number 7705 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. Steelyard Hard, lay north of Upper Thames Street, in Dowgate Ward, in the City of London. Queen Elizabeth I had taken possession of the Hall for use a Navy office, in 1598; it burned down in the Great Fire of London, 1666, see Henry A. Harben, A Dictionary of London (London, 1918), 550.