The Ball

This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued for a business at the sign of the Ball, in King Street, Westminster, Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 1591; Obv inscription: AT.YE.BALL.IN.KING (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A ball suspended between 57 (in field); Rev inscription: STREET.WESTMINSTER (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = R.K.B. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See also, N2159, in the museum collection and token numbers 8752a and 8752b 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. King Street is in the City of Westminster, having previously been part of Middlesex. It has been recorded that it became part of Whitehall, see Plate 37 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.