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W31: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (1667)
| O | An angel |
| NATHANIELL BAKER |
| R | N B conjoined |
| IN LESTER 1667 N B | |
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(Nichols, No. 9; North, No. 5.)
The Angel Inn, which has long since disappeared, formerly stood between the Cheapside and Gallowtree Gate, on the site now occupied by a firm of drapers. |
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W34: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (1657)
| O | The Bakers' Arms |
| DAVID DEAKINS 1657 |
| R | D D |
| BAKER IN LESTER D D | |
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| (Nichols, No. 3; Throsby, No. 18; North, No. 2.) |
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W35: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (1664)
| O | The Bakers' Arms |
| DAVID DEAKINS 1664 |
| R | D D |
| BAKER IN LESTER D D | |
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The D. D. in the field of reverse is much larger than in No. 34, and, unlike it, the legend runs from the lower poart of the coin from left to right.
(Nichols, No. 4.; Throsby, No. 19.) |
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W36: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (1655)
| O | F W E |
| FRANCIS ELLIOT F W E |
| R | F W E |
| IN LEICESTER 1655 F W E | |
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| (Nichols, No. 1; Throsby, No. 16.) |
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W37: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (1666)
| O | A hand holding a glove |
| IOHN GOODALL IN |
| R | I S G |
| LEICESTER 1666 I S G | |
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| (Nichols, No. 5; Throsby, No. 20; North, No. 3.) |
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W40: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (1656)
| O | The Mercers' Arms |
| IAMES LEE IN |
| R | I A L |
| LEICESTER 1656 I A L | |
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| (Nichols, No. 2; Throsby, No. 217; North, No. 1.) |
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W41: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (1662)
| O | A crown |
| IOHN MASON IN 62 |
| R | I E M |
| LECSTER BAKER I E M | |
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| (Nichols, No. 17.) |
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W42: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A crown |
| MARY MOUNTNEY |
| R | M M |
| OF LECESITER M M | |
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(Nichols, No. 18.)
The Crown Inn formerly stood in the Swine Market (now called High Street). |
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W43: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The Grocers' Arms |
| RICHARD NOONE |
| R | R A N |
| OF LEICESTER R A N | |
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| (Nichols, No. 19; North, No. 8.) |
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W44: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A lion rampant |
| AT THE RED LYON |
| R | W I N |
| IN LESTER TOWNE W I N | |
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(Nichols, No. 20; Throsby, No. 32; North, No. 9.)
The initials W. I. N. are assigned by the late Mr. North to William Newton (and perhaps Jane, his wife), the said William Newton, as appears by the Chamberlain's accounts of the borough of Leicester for 1659-1660, being an innkeeper of note at that period. |
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W45: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | T A O |
| THO OVERINGE LEICESTR T A O |
| R | A crown |
| VIVE LA ROY | |
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(Nichols, No. 21.)
Thomas Overing was Mayor of Leicester in 1669. |
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W47: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | A half-length figure |
| IANE PALLMER |
| R | I P |
| IN LECESITER I P | |
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(Nichols, No. 22; Throsby, No. 34; North, No. 10.)
The figure on the obverse of this token is variously ascribed to: The Mercers' Arms, the Maiden's Head (a tavern sign), the Queen's bust holding a sceptre, etc.; the writer's opinion, formed from a careful scrutiny of an excellent specimen of the token being, that it is a half-length figure of some long-haired Puritan soldier or Roundhead of the Commonwealth. |
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W53: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The Mercers' Arms |
| THOMAS STVRGES |
| R | T M S |
| MERCER IN LEICESTER T M S | |
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| (Nichols, No. 24; Throsby, illus., No. 36.) |
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W54: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The Bakers' Arms |
| SAMVELL WILLSON |
| R | S R W |
| IN LESTER BAKER S R W | |
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| (Nichols, No. 26.) |
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W56: Leicestershire, Leicester (Farthing): (Date Unknown)
| O | The Mercers' Arms |
| RICHARD WOODROFFE |
| R | R M W |
| IN LESTER MERCER R M W | |
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| (Nichols, No. 25.) |
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