1/24 Real Plantation Token
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1688 AD
Obv: James II riding right with IACOBVS II D G MAG BRI FRAN ET HB REX legend. Rev: cruciform arms linked by chains with VAL 24 PART REAL HISPAN legend. Found tidal foreshore, river Thames, London, 2013.
These pewter (lead/tin alloy) tokens were made for use in the reign of James II (circa 1688) for use on American colonial plantations and were issued current at 1/24th of a Spanish real; in August 1688 John Holt, agent for a number of tin mines, petitioned the King for the right to produce 'tin' tokens for use in the American plantations; several have been discovered in the UK suggesting that they might also have seen unofficial usage here, perhaps similar to the 'Gunmoney' coinage of the same period used in Ireland.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- pewter (lead/tin alloy)
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 9.07 grams
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 135372214
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.