Post-Medieval — 1667
Token, trade token
Isaac Martin issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business in Turnmill Street.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3252; Obv inscription: ISAAC / MARTIN / HIS. HALF / PENNY / 1667 (in five lines of Roman capitals, in field); Rev inscription: IN / TVRNMILL / STREET / I.K.M. (in four lines of Roman capitals, in field).
See also token number 7993 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. Turnmill Street lay in Clerkenwell, Middlesex; the area is now part of the London Borough of Islington.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN19464
- Object name:
- token, trade token
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Martin, Isaac
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- Related places:
Middlesex; Turnmill Street, Islington, London [Islington], Islington
- Production date:
- 1667
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 16 mm, WT 1.66 g
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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