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Description: | A complete copper-alloy token of Modern date (AD 1837-1900). The token is for the Golden Tiger pub in Newcastle and the Turks Head Hotel in Gateshead.The obverse reads: ES_INGTON.PARK.G[R]OUNDS around the outside with a floral and leaf design at the base. The image in the middle is too worn to decipher.The reverse reads: WILLIAM.ATKINSON/GOLDEN.TIGER/[NEW]CASTLE on one half and is mirrored by: __SON.GARDNER/[T]URKS.HEAD/ GATESHEAD. The Golden Tiger was a pub in The Bigg Market in Newcastle that was demolished sometime after the 1960s. The Turks Head was an historic hotel built in 1837 and became a Grade II listed building in 1965. It currently sits empty.Diameter: 26.93mm, Weight: 3.8g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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