The Bakers' Arms

John Wells, a baker, issued this trade token, worth a farthing, for his business on Tower Hill, Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3202; Obv inscription: IOHN.WELLS.ON (aound field, in Roman capitals) Device = The Bakers' arms (in field); Rev inscription: TOWER.HILL.BACKER (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = I.S.W. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See also token number 8470 in the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 62, The Norweb Collection: Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750, Part VIII - Middlesex and Uncertain Pieces. Tower Hill, may refer to either Little Tower Hill or Great Tower Hill (now both part of Tower Hill), in Stepny Middlesex; the area now lies in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.