Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Morat ye Great Coffee House
This trade token, worth a penny, was issued for a coffee house in Exchange Alley known for its sign depicting a Turkish Sultan, Morat the Great. There is a crescent moon mint mark on the token.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 965; Obv inscription: MORAT.Y.GREAT.MEN.DID. MEE.CALL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = Full faced bust of Amurath (in field); Rev inscription: WHERE.EARE.I.CAME.I. CONQVERD.ALL (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = Coffee / Tobacco. Sher / bet. tea. &. Choco / lat. Retail'd. in / Exchange / Ally (in six lines of cursive script, in field).
See also token number 6882 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, and Bryant Lillywhite, London Coffee Houses (London, 1963), no. 838. Exchange Alley (now Change Alley), lies in Cornhill Ward and Langbourn, in the City of London.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN17571
- Object name:
- The Morat ye Great Coffee House
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- Related places:
Exchange Alley (Change Alley), Cornhill Ward and Langbourn Ward, City of London, London [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 26 mm, WT 5.29 g
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- Record quality:
- 80%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
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