The Three Death's Heads

This trade token, worth a farthing, was issued for a business at the sign of the Three Deaths Heads (skulls), in Wapping, Middlesex.

Boyne & Williamson (1889) reference London number 3347; Obv inscription: AT.THE.3.DETHES (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = Three human skulls (in field); Rev inscription: HEDES.IN.WAPING (around field, in Roman capitals) Device = E.M.V. (triad of initials in Roman capitals, in field).

The sign of Deaths Heads was commonly used by Apothecaries. See also token number 8542 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. Middlesex and Uncertain Pieces. Wapping lies in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, having formerly been part of Stepney, Middlesex.