DORSET TOKENS AND MEDALS. 87 



rev : "James Ferris. Silversmith. Poole. value one shilling." 

 Olive branches as ornaments. (Plate I.) 



1 6. obv : As No. 1 5. 



rev : Similar to No. 15, but " Poole " is straight, instead of 



curved, and there are other minor differences. 

 Two varieties of No. 16 differ in the details of the branches 

 and berries. James Ferris lived on the Quay. A trader of the 

 same name appears in the directory of 1790. 



The field of the Town Arms on Nos. 15 and 16, viz., Barry of 

 six sable and vert, differs from the field shown on No, 5, which 

 is Gules, three bars wavy, or ; the latter rendering appears to be 

 the correct one. 



SHAFTESBURY. 



17. obv : " Shaftesbury bank. Licensed 14 March 1811." Arms 



of the borough on a carved shield between 

 branches of olive. 



rev : " Dorsetshire Wiltshire and Shaftesbury Bank Token 

 value (in script} one shilling," A Staffordshire 

 knot. 

 There is a variety of this shilling differing in minor details. 



1 8. obv : and rev: Similar to No, 17, but struck in copper as a 



proof or trial piece. The knot on the reverse is 

 omitted. 



19. obv: similar to No. 17. 



rev: "Dorsetshire Wiltshire and Shaftesbury Bank Token 

 value one shilling." "For the accommodation 

 of the public." (Plate I.) 



20. obv : " Dorsetshire Wiltshire and Shaftesbury Bank 



Token." Arms on shield as before, but without 

 the branches. 



rev : " One shilling at Shaftesbury or S. Lloyds Bucklersbury 

 London." " For the accommodation of the 

 public. 1811." (Plate L, rev, only,) 



S. Lloyd of 6 Barge yard, Bucklersbury, was an iron merchant 

 who also carried on a clearing house for the exchange of tokens. 



