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Description: | A post medieval copper alloy trade token farthing of Will Fry, from Wapping, London dating AD1648-1674. The obverse depicts a sugarloaf, seperated from the inscription by a circle of pellets. The inscription reads WIL.FRY.AT.SVGGAR. with the legend continuing onto the reverse. A circle of pellets runs around the edge of the token. The reverse has the letter W and a very faded letter F in between two cinquefoils. There is a circle of pellets seperating the inscription from the central design. The inscription reads LOFE.IN.WAPPING with a cinquefoil initial mark. A parallel for this can be found in Williamson (1967, no. 3300).Dimensions: diameter: 16.47 mm; weight: 0.99g.Reference: Williamson, G.C. 1967. Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century: Volume 2. London - Southwark. Seabys: London.
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