Tiny token?
Found this today as we were cleaning up the grave of Constable Adam Begg, our 'adopted', young, long dead Scottish policeman who was killed on duty here in Auckland, 1926. It reads " J.S. Robinson (1929) Ltd., 270 Bishopsgate, London".
A quick search on the net brings very little and nothing about this business. Any help out there? I'm too busy transcribing headstones to look into this also!
Wouldn't that be amazing if it was sent from London attached to something to place on his grave so many years ago! (NB: see update at end)
Constable Adam Begg blogpost:
Update:
The location stated on the object is close to Spitalfields in London. Coincidentally I follow a fantastic blog called Spitalfields Life and so i twittered the very knowledgeable blog owner. It was then suggested to me that this looks like a 'market token'. Token's were used as a form of currency.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_coin
We have many tokens in the numismatics collection at the museum where I work. Most actually look representative of a penny size or smaller and made of different materials also, so I must have a dig around some time to see if there are more unusual ones like this.
A highly recommended read - Spitalfields Life blog:
Update 21 November 2018:
Found online at:
www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45208/page/11031/data.pdf
London Gazette 8 October 1970, appointment of liquidator for J S Robinson (1920) Limited
Nature of business: Manufacturer and exporters of memorial wreaths, granite and marble memorial and sculpture.
Tiny token?
Found this today as we were cleaning up the grave of Constable Adam Begg, our 'adopted', young, long dead Scottish policeman who was killed on duty here in Auckland, 1926. It reads " J.S. Robinson (1929) Ltd., 270 Bishopsgate, London".
A quick search on the net brings very little and nothing about this business. Any help out there? I'm too busy transcribing headstones to look into this also!
Wouldn't that be amazing if it was sent from London attached to something to place on his grave so many years ago! (NB: see update at end)
Constable Adam Begg blogpost:
Update:
The location stated on the object is close to Spitalfields in London. Coincidentally I follow a fantastic blog called Spitalfields Life and so i twittered the very knowledgeable blog owner. It was then suggested to me that this looks like a 'market token'. Token's were used as a form of currency.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_coin
We have many tokens in the numismatics collection at the museum where I work. Most actually look representative of a penny size or smaller and made of different materials also, so I must have a dig around some time to see if there are more unusual ones like this.
A highly recommended read - Spitalfields Life blog:
Update 21 November 2018:
Found online at:
www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45208/page/11031/data.pdf
London Gazette 8 October 1970, appointment of liquidator for J S Robinson (1920) Limited
Nature of business: Manufacturer and exporters of memorial wreaths, granite and marble memorial and sculpture.