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Description: | A copper-alloy 17th century token, probably dating to between AD1651-1671. Obverse shows the grocers' arms on a shield. Legend reads IONATHAN.BROWNE. Reverse field shows [?I].B.T., possibly with flowers in field (or possibly 10.I.B. as described in reference?). Reverse legend reads: IN.CAMBRIDGE, rose stops, flowers are five petals with single pellet centre. 12 o'clock die axis. This token is mentioned in 'The Catalogue of Local Tradesmen's Tokens, Issued in the XVI, XVIII and XIX Centuries, in the Peterborough Museum Collection, with names of Donors', p.16, No.708.See Wlliamson, G.C. Trade Tokens Issued in the 17th Century, Vol.I. Cambridgeshire, p.63, no.19.
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