Tradesmen's Tokens Current in London and Its Vicinity Between the Years 1648 and 1672: Described from the Originals in the British Museum, and in Several Private Collections |
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Tradesmen's Tokens, Current in London and Its Vicinity Between the Years ... John Yonge Akerman No preview available - 2016 |
Tradesmen's Tokens Current in London and Its Vicinity Between the Years 1648 ... John Yonge Akerman No preview available - 2015 |
Tradesmen's Tokens Current in London and Its Vicinity Between the Years 1648 ... John Yonge 1806-1873 Akerman No preview available - 2016 |
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ALDERSGATE STREET ALLEY arched crown arms arms.-R BAKER BARR BELL bell.-R BISHOPS GATE BISHOPSGATE BLACK BREWER BRIDGE Bust of Charles BVLL castle centre CHANCERY LANE CHANDLER CHEAPSIDE CHVRCH STREET cloth cock cock.-R COFFEE HOUSE coinage coins COVENT GARDEN crown.-R Detrited dipping candles Dragon Dragon.-R DRVRY LANE Eastcheap EDWARD English farthing tokens FEILDS FETTER LANE field field.-R FISH STREET five lines FLEET STREET four lines GEORGE globe GOLDEN GROCER HALF PENY HALF PENY.-R head.-R HENRY HIGH HOLBORN HILL HOLBORN holding horse HOVSE IAMES IOHN IOSEPH JOHN KING STREET LANE END LEADENHALL STREET lion rampant lion rampant.-R London LYON MARKET MARKETT MEALMAN NEWGATE Old Compton Street OVLD pair PAVLS PENNY Prince RATCLIF RICHARD ROBERT SAMVEL sheaf six lines SMITH SMITHFEILD SOVTH SOVTHWARKE stars sugar sugar-loaf swan TEMPLE BAR THAMES STREET THOMAS three lines TOWER Turk's head WAPING WAPPING WESTMINSTER WHIT WILLIAM WITHOVT BISHOPS YARD YE STRAND
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Page 56 - Finsbury archers, and under the sign was the following inscription : — " Ye archers bold and yeomen good, Stop and drink with Robin Hood ; If Robin Hood is not at home, Stop and drink with Little John.