The Bull's Head

This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued for a business at the sign of the Bull's Head, in Thames Street (now Upper Thames Street and Lower Thames Street).

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3098; Obv inscription: AT.THE.BVLL.HEAD (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A bull's head (in field); Rev inscription: IN.THEMS.STRETE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A sun and a hand W.K.H. (triad of initials in Roman capitals with signs below, in field).

See also token number 7731 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. Thames Street, now Upper Thames Street and Lower Thames Street, lay within Tower Ward, Billingsgate Ward, Bridge Ward Within (now Bridge Ward), Dowgate Ward, Vintry Ward, Queenhithe Ward and Castle Baynard Ward, City of London.