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Farthing - London Ratcliff Highway / Black Boy
| Issuer | England |
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| Year | 1651 |
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| Currency | English Trade Tokens (1648-72) |
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| Obverse description | Within a plain inner circle, a standing figure of a young boy depicted in profile, holding a mug in one hand and a pipe in the other, serving as the tavern sign emblem of the Black Boy. The device is rendered in the crude, low-relief style characteristic of mid-17th century English tradesmen's tokens. A circular Latin legend surrounds the inner circle, reading continuously around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | *AT.THE.BLACK.BOAY (Translation: At the Black Boy (tavern)) |
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