Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Windmill
This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued for a business at the Windmill, the the neighbourhood of Temple Bar without, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3032A; Obv inscription: AT.THE.WINDMILL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = R.K.B. (triad of initials, in Roman capitals); Rev inscription: WITHOVT.TEMPLE.BARR (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A windmill (in field).
See also token number 9022 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. Temple Bar formed a divisional bar between the ward of Farringdon, in the City of London, and Westminster, Middlesex; the area that lay in Westminster, now lies in the City of Westminster.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- N2137
- Object name:
- The Windmill
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- R.B.
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- Related events:
- Related places:
Middlesex; Temple Bar without neighbourhood, City of Westminster, London [City of Westminster], City of Westminster
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 15 mm, WT 0.95 g
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Long-term loan
Thomas Layton Trust
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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