The Still

William Garway issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business at the Sentry Gate, of Gate House Prison, in Westminster, Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2764; Obv inscription: WILLIAM. GARWAY. AT. YE. SENTRY (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A still (in field); Rev inscription: GATE.IN.WESTMINSTER.1666 (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALFE / PENNY / W.A.G. (in four lines of Roman capitals with triad of initials as bottom, in field).

See also, N2157, in the museum collection, and token number 8731 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 Gate House Prison, lay to the south of King Street, in Westminster, Middlesex. The area is now part of the City of Westminster.