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here, having on the reverse, EDRIE ON TAM ; i.e. " Edric, Mo- 

 neycr in Tamworth." The name of tlie same mint-master is fonuct 

 also on a coin in the Bodleian Cabinet at Oxford ; hut we have not 

 had the good fortune to see either representations of the coins, or 

 the coins themselves, 



In the rei<;n of William the Second, we find the Tamworth Mint 

 again employed ; a coin of that Sovereign (formerly in the collec- 

 tion of the celehrated Dr. Mead) hearing on its reverse, "IELF- 

 W1NE ON TAM," hut, as we know not whe-re the coin now is, nor 

 have seen cither a similar piece, or an engraving of it, we are unable 

 to gratify our readers by a more accurate account of it. We must 

 therefore immediately proceed to the more recent coinage of Tain- 

 worth ; the first specimen of which is a Town Token, struck during 

 the Commonwealth, of an octagonal shape, and inscribed on the ob- 

 verse "Tamworth Chamberlains ;" and in the field of the coin, 

 " their Halfpenny," being a continuation of the inscription. The 

 reverse is inscribed, " For Change and Charitie," with a Fieur- 

 de-lys in the centre. 



In the year 1799, the Rev. F. Blick, of this town, struck a 

 private Token, which does credit to the abilities of every artist 

 employed upon it. On the obverse, it bears a view of the Church 

 and Castle; over which are the words "Church and Castle," and 

 in the exergue, " Tamworth/' On the reverse, the initials of 

 Mr. Blick's name, with the motto "Dens nobis hcec otia fecit" 

 In the exergue " Halfpenny Token, 17!)!-)." 



A second piece (of the same description with the foregoing) be- 

 longing to this ancient and reputable place, was issued by a 

 Mr. Harding, and is of the penny s'ze. On the obverse it has a 

 view of the Castle, and above it, " Tamworlh Castle." In the 

 exergue " East View, 1799." The edge is inscribed in three 

 compartments, "Penny Token payable at" "the house of John, 

 Harding " " Calico Printer, Tamworth." Ou the reverse, a View 

 of the Town-Hall, circumxerihcd "Town-Hall: Rebuilt by Thos, 

 Guy '" and in the exergue, " Tamworth, 1701." 







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"We have lono- been in doubt, whether the Coins of Henfy the 

 Second, inscribed NVEAS on the reverse, and of tli >s:-of Edwards 

 the First and Second, having- " Villa Novicnstri," were struck at 

 this town, or \ewcastle-upon-Tyne, in Northumberland. But 

 even should those of the two last-mentioned King's be ascribed to 



