Token of John Unwin of Leytonstone

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By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-02-22. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-02-22.

The 1670 halfpenny token of John Unwin of Leytonstone was octagonal in shape, its obverse reading "JOHN | UNWIN . AT | LAYTON | STONE" – "|" indicating change of line – and its reverse "HIS . HALF . PENY" above an archer shooting at a stag.[1] The archer no doubt was meant to represent Robin Hood, for John Unwin was the proprietor of the Robin Hood in Leytonstone, Essex.

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  1. ↑ Gilbert, William. 'The Token Coinage of Essex in the Seventeenth Century, [Part II]', Transactions of the Essex Archæological Society, New Series, vol. XIV (1915), pp. 1-15; see p. 6.
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