The Tobacco Roll

Brian Weaver issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business at St Katherine's Stairs, Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2632; Obv inscription: BRIAN.WEAVER.AT.ST (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A roll of tobacco (in field); Rev inscription: KATHERINS.STAIRES (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = B.W (in field, in Roman capitals).

See also token number 8422 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 Stairs, formed the access from the River Thames to St Katherine's Wharf, in Stepney Middlesex; the area is lost below St Katherine's Docks, which lies in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.