Post-Medieval — Mid 17th century; 1648-1673
The Crescent Moon
This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued at the Half Moon Brewhouse (tavern), in Bishopsgate without, Bishopsgate Ward, City of London.
Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 311; Obv inscription: THE.HALFE.MOONE.BREW (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = A crescent moon (in field); Rev inscription: HOVSE.WITHOVT.B.GATE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = G.I.O. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).
There is another similar token in the museum collection, NN16550. See also J. H. Burn, A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-house Tokens current in the Seventeenth Century, presented to the Corporation Library by Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, 2nd ed. (London, 1855), no. 177.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- NN16551
- Object name:
- The Crescent Moon
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- G.O.
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- Related places:
Bishopsgate without, Bishopsgate Ward, City of London, London [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- mid 17th century; 1648-1673
- Material:
- copper alloy
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 15 mm, WT 0.97 g
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
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- Credit:
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- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
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