British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

17th Century Tokens, Lancashire, Liverpool, John Pemberton, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.67g/12h (N 2795 obv., different rev.; BW. 65). Fair, very rare £90-120

John Pemberton, apothecary, Moor street, bailiff 1660, “a base ill-contrived fellow”, was among those traders presented at the Great Port Moot in 1669 for issuing tokens without permission