British and World Coins, Numismatic Books

Edward I-II, Jeton, Sterling type, class X, rev. key, cluster of pellets above and below, 2.89g/10h (M 111, this piece; Berry, Edward II, type 8). Obverse fair, reverse fine, extremely rare £60-80

Provenance: Found in London; M.B. Mitchiner Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 28 November 1990, lot 391.

Contemporary French jetons bearing the key symbol signify use in the French Treasury, so perhaps this piece was struck for use in the English Treasury