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Walthamstow Token - 1813

Due to a shortage of small denomination coins during the late 18th and early 19th century, many factories (particularly in the copper industries) produced their own local coinage for their employees wage packets. These coins or "tokens", could be used around the factory area and were widely accepted, until banned by the government in 1818. The coin in the illustration above, was manufactured in the copper rolling works of Walthamstow, London in 1813. Such coins from Walthamstow were known as 'Walthamstow Tokens'.

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