Британские токены

 

Tower улица, R W (E) THE DOLPHIN TAVERN 1650 фартинг

Tower улица, R W (E) THE DOLPHIN TAVERN 1650 фартинг

Аверс: (звёздочка) THE (ромб) DOLPHIN (ромб) TAVERN , вокруг внутреннего круга, a dolphin and a bear.
Реверс: (звёздочка) IN (ромб) TOWER (ромб) STREETE (ромб) 1650 , вокруг внутреннего круга, (ромб) W (ромб) над R (ромб) E .
M Dickinson 3225.

Issuer Richard Weedon, wife Elizabeth.

A rare and sought after токен, far superior to the Norweb example from which I am unable to compare dies.

Possibly Samuell Pepys favourite tavern during the diary period, mentioned no less than 45 times.

4 September 1666
I after supper walked in the dark down to Tower-улица, and ther saw it all on fire at the Trinity house on that side, which was very near us - and the fire с extraordinary vehemence. Now begins the practice of blowing up the houses in Tower Street. . . .



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