The Mitre Tavern

This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued at the Mitre tavern, in Great Wood Street.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3527; Obv inscription: AT.YE.MITER.TAVERNE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A mitre (in field); Rev inscription: IN.GREAT.WOOD.STREET (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = W.E.P. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See also, NN19645 and 96.66/1309, in the museum collection, and token number 7864 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, lay south of Addle Street, in the ward of Cripplegate Within (now Cripplegate Ward), and the Ward of Farringdon Within, in the City of London.