British Tokens from Various Properties
17th Century Tokens, HERTFORDSHIRE, Bishop's Stortford, John Read, Halfpenny, 1.77g/6h (dies not in N; D –). Flan fashioned as octagonal, fine, extremely rare; perhaps unpublished £150-£200
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The initials as shown on the token, I.R.M., might suggest that Read's wife, M–––––, became the prime partner in the business