The Rose

William Baylie issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business at the Woolstable, in Westminster.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3537; Obv inscription: WILLIAM. BAYLIE. AT. YE. WOOLL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A rose on a stalk and two flanking flowers (in field); Rev inscription: STABLE. IN. WESTMINSTER (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALFE / PENNY / W.A.B. (in four lines of Roman capitals, in field).

See also token number 9066 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. The Woolstable,comprised of the Long Stable, extending from Canon Row to King Street, and the Round Stable, at Pariliament Street, in Westminster, Middlesex; the area is now part of the City of Westminster.