88 DORSET TOKENS AND MEDALS, 



21. obv : "Shaftesbury Bank, licensed 14 March 1811," Arms 



as before, but without the branches. 

 rev : " Dorsetshire Wiltshire and Shaftesbury Bank Token 



value (in scripf) sixpence." 



A variety of this sixpence differs only in the size of " 14" on 

 the obverse. 



22. obv: Similar to No. 21, adding "For the accommodation 



of the public " round the shield. 

 rev : Similar to No. 21, but "value" in Roman letters, and 



" Wiltshire " is curved instead of straight. 

 The issuers of the foregoing six tokens have not hitherto been 

 identified, but I think it is quite clear that Bowles Ogden and 

 Wyndham, who circulated in 1810 the one pound note now ex- 

 hibited, were also responsible for the silver pieces. A banking 

 house in Shaftesbury was founded by Edmund Ogden before 

 1790, and afterwards the firm extended the business to Salisbury. 

 In 1 8 10- 1 1 the partners were William Bowles, Thomas Ogden, 

 George Wyndham, and James Barrow ; subsequently the Bank 

 passed into the hands of William Storey, who continued it for 

 some years. He was mayor of the borough tn 1820, and pay- 

 master of the Dorset Yeomanry in 1831. 



23. obv: "Shaftesbury Bank Token. Henderson and Co." 



Arms of the borough on a carved shield. (Plate 

 I., obv. only.) 



rev: "XII." in Roman figures within a circular wreath of 

 olive. 



24. obv : " Henderson & Co. Shaston Bank Token." 



rev : " 3 " within a circular wreath of olive. (Plate I.) 

 This threepence was the only silver token issued in England 

 for so small a sum. Very few could have been struck, as it is 

 now of the greatest rarity. 



Enquiries at Shaftesbury in several directions have failed to 

 elicit any information as to Henderson & Co. The name, how- 

 ever, appears at Poole in 1823 in the person of the stamp 

 distributor, an office formerly associated with banking at Shaston. 

 Apparently the firm existed for a short period only. The Arms 



