Post-Medieval — 1669
The Blue Lion
John Fargison issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business at the Blue Lion, in Whitechapel, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3405; Obv inscription: IO.FARGISON.AT.YE.BLEW (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A lion rampant (in field); Rev inscription: LYON.IN.WHITECHAPELL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALF / PENY / 1669 (in four lines of Roman capitals, in field).
See also token number 8602 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. Whitechapel lay in Stepney, Middlesex; it is now part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN19576
- Object name:
- The Blue Lion
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Fargison, J.
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- Production date:
- 1669
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 20 mm, WT 1.80 g
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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