Owner Comments:
Middlesex Kempson’s Series of London Buildings and Gates DH #66
Obverse: A quadrangle surrounded on three sides by buildings ST THOMAS'S HOSPI TAL COMPLEAT.D in two lines Ex: MDCCVIII
Reverse: The Arms of the City of London between palm branches crossed beneath the shield, legend on a raised rim LONDON PENNY TOKEN, a small ornament at the bottom
Edge: Plain
Diesinker: Thomas Wyon
Manufacturer: Peter Kempson
Weight: 23.55g
Rarity: Common
St. Thomas’s Hospital originated in the thirteenth century in a hospital dedicated to St. Thomas à Becket and built by the canons of the Priory of St. Mary-over-Rhe (St. Mary Overy). On the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1538, Henry VIII took over the hospital; in 1551 Edward VI granted it a Royal Charter. In the last half of the nineteenth century the site was required for a railway and the building was demolished.
One of Peter Kempson's series of London building tokens made for collectors. The series consists of 39 tokens portraying 25 buildings, 3 bridges, and 8 ancient gates of London.
Atkins: Middlesex 57
Davisson E-Sale #42, 8 December 2021