The Dolphin

Thomas Nutt issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business in St Michael's Lane (later Miles Lane).

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2696; Obv insccription: THOMAS.NVTT.IN.MICALS (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A dolphin (in field); Rev inscription: LANE.NEER.THE.OLD.SWAN (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALF / PENY (in three lines of Roman capitals, in field).

See also token number 7619 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. St Michael's Lane, later Miles Lane, ran south off Arthur Street, to Thames Street (now Upper Thames Street), in Candlewick Ward and the ward of Bridge Within (later Brige Ward), the exact line of the lane is now lost underdevelopments.