Red Lion, Norton Folgate
$161
Red Lion, Norton Folgate,17th Century Token.
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17TH CENTURY LONDON TOKEN.
Red Lion Inn, Norton Folgate, situated, "between Bishopsgate ward of the city of London to the south, the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch to the north and the parish of Spitalfields to the east.
C.E.S. Farthing at the Red Lion Inn.
Obverse: Reads: C.E.S. NORTVNFOL. GATN * IN.
Reverse: AT . THE . RED . LION . *
16mm, 0.98g.
Date unknown, likely 1648-1670.
Dickinson, 2084. (Rare token.)
This token comes with an old ticket. (Believed to be SEABY, 1960's, when this token sold for 12/6).
