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Description: | A copper-alloy trade token dating to the 17th century. The disc has a diameter of 16.18mm, is 0.87mm thick and weighs 0.87g. Die axis is 12 o'clock.The legend of one surface, reverse, reads '[IN] PETERBOROW' followed by two mullets. The 'W' before the two mullets seems to stand out more than the other letters and might be slightly larger in size. In the centre is a dot either side of a 'H' with 'GM' below. The 'H' and 'M' stand out more visibly and the 'M' seems to be slightly larger in size. The other surface, obverse, of the disc has a legend that starts with a mullet and reads GEORGE HA[...]ERTON . At the centre of the flan is a shield with chevron style "honourable" ordinary, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_(heraldry). In the upper field are three small symbols, cloves, with another two on the row below either side of the mid point of the chevron. These cloves are described as being grouped in threes. In the lower field, below the chevron, are another three of these cloves. The shield is the arms of Grocers' so it might initially seem that the artefact is likely to be a Grocer's trade token. The Grocers' arms are described in Whiting, J.R.S. 1971, p.34 as "three groups of three cloves with a chevron between them - heraldically described as a chevron nine cloves, three, three and three". I believe that the name on the obverse side of the token is George Hamerton, the 'M' having been worn off of the surface. This is due to an identical example being found in Cpt. Vipan, J. & Dack, C. 1908, p.11, ref. 518. The reference details as: obverse, GEORGE.HAMERTON - The Grocers' Arms. Reverse IN.PETERBOROW - G.M.H. ΒΌ d. An identical trade token is present in Peterborough Museum's collection and is catalogued with the Peterborough Museum Reference number 1/163. The details relating to the museum token reference Wells page 125. This is believed to actually have been a pub token, rather than a Grocers' token, for a pub in Peterborough named 'The Grocers' Arms'. Curiously the reference describes the token reverse initials as reading G.M.M. but having examined the Museum's token a colleague and I confirm that the initials are very definitely G.M.H. as on this example.See Williamson, G. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales, and Ireland. Vol.II. Northamptonshire, p.895, no.123 and compare with a token possibly of the same George Hamerton as above no.122. It is interesting to note that Williamson gives the reverse legends of both no.122 & 123 as starting OF.PETERBORO.... The token recorded in this record is too worn to determine definitely whether the reverse legend starts OF. or IN.
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