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2 etchings of tokens of St Albans (a & b):
a) Etching showing trade tokens issued in St Albans during the seventeenth century. These include: (top) John Tisdalle, 1667; (second from top) Henry Gladman, landlord of the George and Dragon, 1666; (third) Thomas Nash, 1669; (fourth) Thomas Hudson, corndealer; (fifth) Ralph Bradbury, grocer; (sixth) Edward Camfield, 1656; (seventh) John Cowlee, baker; (eighth) Richard Finch of the Swan, 1666.
b) Etching showing trade tokens issued by Henry Gladman, landlord of the George and Dragon, in 1666 in St Albans.
This type of token was issued from 1648 by various tradesmen as a reaction to a national shortage of small change. In almost every town and most large villages in England such tokens were issued, until in 1672 when the Royal Mint began to issue copper coinage.
a) Etching showing trade tokens issued in St Albans during the seventeenth century. These include: (top) John Tisdalle, 1667; (second from top) Henry Gladman, landlord of the George and Dragon, 1666; (third) Thomas Nash, 1669; (fourth) Thomas Hudson, corndealer; (fifth) Ralph Bradbury, grocer; (sixth) Edward Camfield, 1656; (seventh) John Cowlee, baker; (eighth) Richard Finch of the Swan, 1666.
b) Etching showing trade tokens issued by Henry Gladman, landlord of the George and Dragon, in 1666 in St Albans.
This type of token was issued from 1648 by various tradesmen as a reaction to a national shortage of small change. In almost every town and most large villages in England such tokens were issued, until in 1672 when the Royal Mint began to issue copper coinage.
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Etching of C17th trade tokens from St Albans
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1998.5104
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