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Middlesex Skidmore's Churches and Gates DH #538a
Obverse: The north east view of a church with a small steeple and spire ST. MARY ABCHURCH LANE Ex: JACOBS in small letters
Reverse: The Skidmore cypher PSCO in script DEDICATED TO COLLECTORS OF MEDALS & COINS . surrounding
Edge: Slightly Milled \\\\\
Diesinker: Benjamin Jacobs
Manufacturer: Paul Skidmore
Rarity: Common
St. Mary Abchurch is located off of Cannon Street in the city of London. The church was first mentioned in 1198-99. The medieval church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and replaced by the current church. The church was hit by a bomb in September 1940, with the greatest damage to its dome. The church is a Grade 1 listed building.
The family business of the token manufacturer Peter Skidmore was an iron foundry at 15 Coppice Row in Clerkenwell with a shop at No. 123, High Holborn. Skidmore realized that there was a market for tokens as the genuine tradesmen's pieces of the time were very keenly collected as they were issued. As well as making genuine tradesmens' tokens to order, he also made pennies and halfpennies for sale to collectors of the time - especially series of Buildings Tokens for London.
One of a set of 120 pieces - each portraying a well-known church in or around London.
Atkins: Middlesex 413
Ex: Heritage Chatham Street Sale, 30 November 2014