The Chandler

This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued by a chandler, for his business in Whitecross Street.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3435; Obv inscription: A.CHANLER (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = G.M.B. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field); Rev inscription: IN.WHITCRASS.STREET (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = G.M.B. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

See, 96.66/1287, in the museum collection, and token number 7819 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. Whitecross Street lay in the ward of Cripplegate Without, in the City of London, and the Borough of Finsbury, Middlesex; the street is now part of Cripplegate Ward in the City of London, and the London Borough of Islington.