The Prince of Wales' Feathers

Hugh Lombard issued this trade token, worth a penny, for his business at the sign of the Prince of Wale's Crest, in Woolchurch Market.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3535; Obv inscription: HVGH.LVMBARD.AT.THE.IN (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = The Prince of Wales crest and motto (in field); Rev inscription: WOOLCHV / RCH / MARKETT / 1670 / H.I.L. (in five lines of Roman capitals with triad of initials as bottom, in field).

See also, 96.66/1313 and A7722, in the museum collection, and token number 7706 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. Woolchurch Market covered an area at the Junction of Cornhill, Threadneedle Street, Lombard Street and the Poultry and the site of the Church of St Mary Woolchurch (area now Mansion House), in Walbrook Ward, in the City of London.