The Ship

This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued for a business at the sign of the Ship, in Temple Bar without, Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3066; Obv inscription: AT.THE.SHIP.WITHOVT (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A ship in full sail (in field); Rev inscription: TEMPLE.BARR.1649 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = W.M.S. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See also token numbers 9015 and 9016 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. 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.