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First published in 1986, this catalogue is the first publication in over one hundred years to list all known major types of the seventeenth century series of token coinage issued in the British Isles between 1648 and 1679. The tokens were mostly struck in copper or brass in denominations of farthings and half pennies. Commonly they were round, but octagonal, square and heart shaped flans were also used. They offer a fascinating insight into life and trade, personal circumstances and local history in the third quarter of the seventeenth century. The catalogue lists about fourteen thousand different tokens, based on the numbering system used in G.C. Williamson's classic work Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century. (two volumes, 1889, 1891). Many tokens have come to light since that date and new entries have been inserted in the appropriate places using numbers with suffix letters. In places, over twenty percent of the tokens listed are 'new'. This is an indispensable catalogue for all collectors of the seventeenth century token series and will also be of great interest and use to local history students and economists interested in the period.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ...Four crowned or uncrowned shields in cross, as on coins of George I. and II.; the crowns in those instances where they do not surmount the shields, being placed in the angles between them. Later coinage: Crown, St. George and the Dragon within the mottoed garter, Half-crown, crowned shield of royal arms, within the garter, on which is the motto, Honi Soit, etc; quarterly, i and 4, England, 2, Scotland, 3, Ireland, Brunswick, etc., on an escutcheon surmounted by the electorate crown; the shield crowned; on another, round the garter, is the collar and badge of the order. Shillings, royal shield encircled by the garter, no legend; Fourpence, Threepence, Twopence, and Penny, values, either inr. Iii. Ii. L, or in figures; one mintage, called wire-money, has the value in writing figures, all the lines of the same strength. Legend. Early: M. B. F. ET. H. REX. F. D. B. ET. L. D. S. R. I. A. T. Et. E. and date. Late: Britanniarvm Rex Fid Def or FIDEI DEFENSOR. During great scarcity of silver money in i797 Spanish dollars and half-dollars were countermarked with a small punch of the king's head and put into circulation as current coin of the value of Us. gd. This stamp having been counterfeited to a considerable extent, a different one was adopted in i804, but it in turn being much counterfeited, the whole dollar was re-stamped with a fresh octagonal device, the king's head, etc., on the obverse, and on the reverse a figure of Britannia within an oval, crowned with a mural crown, and having the words Bank Of England Five Shillings Dollar, i804. Bank of England tokens, value Six-shillings, Three-shillings, and other amounts, were also issued. Of these, and the Irish and Madras and other issues, I must forego particulars. Gold. Obverse, bust...