The Fleur de Lis

Anthony Phillips issued this trade token, worth a half penny, for his business at New Stairs, in Wapping, Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3327; Obv inscription: ANTHONY.PHILLIPS.AT (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A fleur-de-lis (in field); Rev inscription: NEW.STARES.IN.WAPPIN (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = HIS / HALF / PENY / 1668 (in four lines of Roman capitals, in field).

See also, NN19520, in the museum collection, and token number 8555 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. Anthony Phillips also issued a farthing token, see N2153, A26195 and 96.66/1262, in the museum collection. Wapping New Stairs, were stairs running down to the Thames, which lay in Wapping, Middlesex; the area is now part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.