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Description: | Copper alloy token, circular in plan.Obverse: narrow border with teeth/ triangle design pointing inwards, wording follows the border in clockwise direction 'THO : INSLEY . AT . THE'. In between the first and last word is an image of a heart. Under these words is a plain band and within this is an image of a swan.Reverse: narrow border with teeth/ triangle design pointing inwards, within this wording follows the border 'IN . BLACK . FRIARS' and between the first and last word is an image of a heart. Under these words is a plain band within which are the letters, 'I' under this 'TS' with a pellet under this.Thomas Insley issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business at the Swan tavern, in Bishopsgate. A similar trade token can be found in the Museum of London collections.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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