The King's Head

George Lescaillet issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business near the sign of the bust of Charles II, in Whitecross Street.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3458; Obv inscription: GEORGE. LESCAILLET. NERE. YE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = Bust of Charles II (in field); Rev inscrption: IN.WHITE.CROSE.STREET (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALFE / PENY (in three lines of Roman capitals, in field).

Charles II reigned from 1660 - 1685. Whitecross Street lay in the ward of Cripplegate Without, in the City of London, and the Borough of Finsbury, Middlesex; the street is now part of Cripplegate Ward in the City of London, and the London Borough of Islington.