1666 Cambridge Farthing Token - Joseph Heath - Cambridgeshire 52 (W/D 52, N 392)

1666 Cambridge Farthing Token – Joseph & Hannah Heath (W/D Cambridgeshire 52)

An attractive 17th-century copper farthing trade token issued in Cambridge by Joseph Heath in 1666.

• Obverse: ★ IOSEPH · HEATH · OF around a beaded inner circle enclosing the Heath family arms (per chevron, in chief two mullets/stars, in base a heathcock).

• Reverse: ★ CAMBRIDGE · 1666 around a beaded inner circle with the triad of initials H over I H (Joseph & Hannah Heath) flanked by small pierced cinquefoils.

• References: Williamson/Dickinson Cambridgeshire 52 (W/D 52); Norweb 392.

Historical Context: Joseph Heath served on the Cambridge Common Council and operated as a grocer/chandler in All Saints parish during the reign of Charles II.