The Griffin

John Brown issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business at the sign of the Griffin, in Thieving Lane (now Victoria Street), Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3133; Obv inscription: IOHN.BROWNE.AT.THE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A griffin (in field); Rev inscription: GRIFIN.IN.THIFING.LANE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = I.A.B. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See also, NN19373, in the museum collection, and token number 9024 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. Thieving Lane (now Victoria Street), lay in Westminster, Middlesex; Victoria Street now lies in the City of Westminter.