HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE. [5 



reverse of the former, are the words " Payable on Whit-Monday 

 at the Green-hill Bank/' on that of the latter " S. Baxter, Do- 

 zener, SadlerVstreet Ward," under which is the date 1794. 



In the year 1800 was struck at Lichfield, by Mr. Richard Wright, 

 a very fine token of the large or penny size, bearing, on ihc oh- 

 \erse, the portrait of the late ingemom Mr. Greene, founder of the 

 Valuable Museum now in the possession of Mr. Wright. Over the 

 bust is " Richard Greene," and round it a continuation of the in- 

 scription in smaller letters, <l Collector of the Museum, died June 

 4th, 1793, aged 77." The edge is circumscribed " Penny Token, 

 payable by Richard Wright, Litchiield." On the reverse is a repre- 

 sentation of the beautiful and much-admired West Porch of the Ca- 

 thedral, circumscribed "West Front of Litchfield Cathedral." In 

 the exergue is the date " 1800." The dye of this elegant coin 

 (which is very rare, six do/en only being struck) was sunk by that 

 truly ingenious artist, Mr.. I. Gregory Hancock, of Birmingham, and 

 the manufacture of it performed by Mr. Kempson, of the same 

 place. 



There yet remains to be mentioned a Half-penny, made at 

 Lichh'eld for sale, which bears on its obverse a portrait of the 

 celebrated Dr. Johnson; but it is in all' respects so unworthy of 

 notice, as to be justly excluded from the Cabinet by every judicious 

 collector. 



TAMWORTH. 



Although the town of Tamworth be partially situate in the county 

 of Warwick, yet, as a portion of it is in that of Stafford also, and 

 it is not certain whether the Mint, formerly established here, might 

 not have been erected in the latter ; we have deemed it right to give 

 a view of the Coinage issued at different periods from that town; 

 desirous, in order to render our work as complete as possible, 

 rather to introduce matter relative to the County (concerning 

 which it may in a slight degree be dubious whether it relate to it or 

 hot) than from a similar consideration to abstain from all communica- 

 tion of it. Under these impressions, we confidently anticipate the 

 excuse of our readers for calling their attention to the Numismatic 

 History of Tamworth, which, even though it be entirely excluded 

 from the list of Staffordshire towns, must yet, as a piece of border 

 history, be not wholly unworthy of their notice. 



The earliest instance of Tamworth occurring, as a place of mint- 

 age, is in the reign of Canute the Great. Kedar, a celebrated 

 Swedish antiquary, has published a coin of this Monarch struck 



