The Tobacco Roll

Richard Chidley issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business in Clement Lane (now Clement's Lane), Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2452; Obv inscription: RICH.CHIDLEY.IN.CLEMENT (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A tobacco roll R.R.C. (triad of initials in Roman capitals around sign, in field); Rev inscription: LANE.NEARE.NEW.MARKETT (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALFE / PENNY / 1666 (in four lines of Roman capitals, in field).

See also, NN18346, in the museum collection, and, token number 8891 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. Clement's Lane (now St Clement's Lane), lay near New Market (ClareMarket), in Westminster, Middlesex; it now lies in the City of Westminster.