Object Details
- Description
- This token valued at a half penny was issued by a merchant to pay his workers in 1794. The inscription reads "Pay at Leighton Berkhamsted or London - 1794" with a sheep on one side, "Lace Manufactory" and a woman making lace on a pillow under a tree on the other. "Chambers, Langston, Hall & Co” is stamped around the rim. The token could only be used at one of the merchant's stores. Chambers, Langston, Hall & Co were haberdashers at 46 Gutter Lane, Cheapside, London. This type of tokens was possibly issued due to a shortage of official small change coins in the late 18th century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Mendel L. Peterson, 1961
- 1794
- ID Number
- TE.T12692
- catalog number
- T12692
- accession number
- 238479
- Object Name
- token, commemorative
- token, commemorative, lace
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.9 cm; 1 5/32 in
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Advertising
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Lace
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Lace
- metalworking
- Record ID
- nmah_642238
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-5bd7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
