The Crossed Swords

Henry Morton issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business at the sign of the Crossed Swords, in Thames Street (now Upper Thames Street and Lower Thames Street).

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3111; Obv inscription: HENRY.MORTON.AT.YE (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = Crossed swords (in field); Rev inscription: IN.THEMBS.STREET (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = H.V.M. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See also token number 7723 in the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 59, The Norweb Collection: Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part VII - City of London. Thames Street, now Upper Thames Street and Lower Thames Street, lay within Tower Ward, Billingsgate Ward, Bridge Ward Within (now Bridge Ward), Dowgate Ward, Vintry Ward, Queenhithe Ward and Castle Baynard Ward, City of London.