The Frying Pan

William Hayes, an ironmonger, issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business in Wood Street.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3524; Obv inscription: WILLIAM.HAYES.IN.64 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A frying pan (in field); Rev incription: WOOD.STREETE.IRONMVNGER (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALF / PENY (in three lines of Roman capitals, in field).

See also, NN19643, in the museum collection, and token number 7856 in the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 59, The Norweb Collection: Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part VII - City of London. Wood Street and Great Wood Street, laysouth of Addle Street, in the ward of Cripplegate Within (now Cripplegate Ward), and the Ward of Farringdon Within, in the City of London.