Eighteenth Century tokens of St Edmundsbury and surrounds   Tokens Picture Page 1

Edge inscription - "Value one penny at P. Decks Post Office Bury 1794"	This face showing Bury's arms and this motto, "Success to the Plough and Fleece", also appears on other Bury tokens	The 'fleece' or woollen industry in Bury was in fact just dying out in Bury at this time
Celebrating local hero "Charles Marquis Cornwallis - His fame resounds from East to West"	Edge inscription reads "Payable at P. Decks Post Office Bury"	James Goers, ironmongers at Bury
Michael Apsey modified the design of this face to include his own name	The Abbey Gate was a symbol of Bury then as now. Rackhams Booksellers	An excellent design for an auctioneer - Charles Guest of Bury
A standard face and motto "Success to Trade", used by Apsey	Edge inscription says, "or at Leatherdales .x. Harleston Norfolk	This angel is known as Fame blowing its own trumpet
JF means John Fincham, a Haverhill Grocer, but he also had connections elsewhere, judging by the use of this token design	This modern copy produced for Gurteens anniversary celebrations has mistakenly been dated ten years early	Another motto, this time 'Success to the Plough and Shuttle'
Around the edge it says, "Payable at John Finchams Suffolk"		Haverhill Manufactory. (A less well known Haverhill token)

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