Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673; 1668
The Rose and Crown
James Cooper issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business at the sign of the Rose and Crown, in St Katherine's Lane, Middlesex.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2604; Obv inscription: IAMES.COOPER.AT.THE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A rose and crown (in field); Rev inscription: IN.ST / KATHERNS / LANE.HIS / HALF.PENY / 1668 / I.A.C (in six lines of Roman capital with triad of initials as bottom between date, in field); octagonal.
See also token number 8407 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. St Katherine's Lane, lay in Stepney, Middlesex, in the area now covered by St Katherine's Docks, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 96.66/281
- Object name:
- The Rose and Crown
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Cooper, James
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- Related places:
Middlesex; St Katherine's Lane, Tower Hamlets, London [Tower Hamlets], Tower Hamlets
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673; 1668
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 22 mm, WT 1.92 g
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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