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John Laurence, issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business in Silver Street (area of Wood Street).

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 2838; Obv inscription: IOHN.LAWRANCE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = 1659 (in field); Rev inscription: IN.SILVER.STREET (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = I.S.L. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See also token number 7680 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. See, NN19172, in the museum collection, for a half penny token from this issuer. Silver Street lay off Wood Street, in the ward of Farringdon Without, and Cripplegate Ward, in the City of London, it was removed for the creation of Foster Lane, see Henry A. Harben, A Dictionary of London (London, 1918).