BE es JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
Plymouth; and he is reputed to have been either a Huguenot 
refugee himself, or the descendant of one. 
There are some interesting relics of the traders of Plymouth in 
the latter half of the seventeenth century, in the little tradesmen’s 
tokens, issued ‘for necessary change,” first during the Common- 
wealth, and through great part of the reign of Charles II. No 
copper money was at that time coined by the Government, and as 
silver pennies did not meet the requirements of trade, the tradesmen 
took the matter into their own hands. Probably altogether nearly 
20,000 varieties appeared. Devonshire had about 400, of which 
37 are known to have been issued in Plymouth, almost all farthings. 
The earliest is dated 1651, and the latest 1670. There are no 
rhymes or puns on any of the Plymouth tokens, as sometimes 
occur. They are all straightforward business productions, commonly 
with some device—the arms of the trades to which the issuers 
belonged, or occasionally the arms of the family of the issuer. 
The town arms also appear, and there are instances of the signs of 
the houses kept by the issuers. These tokens are as follows. Where 
three initials are given, the second is that of the Christian name 
of the issuer’s wife : 
Legend. Field. 
Obv. Abraham Appelbee, A Ship of war in full sail. 
Rev. Of Plymoth, 1666. A.M.A. 
This man went to the Exeter Assizes in 1663 to give evidence against a certain “ blind 
preacher.”’ 
Obv. Elizabeth Byland, . The Coopers’ Arms. 
Rev. Of Plymovth, 1667. E.B. between two stars. 
Obv. Henry Clarke, A Lion rampant. 
Rev. Of Plimovth, 1667. H.M.C. 
Obv. Nicholas Cole, A full-blown Rose. 
Rev. Of Plymovth, 1665. N.C. 
James Cole was a brewer. 
Obv. Iohn Cooke, Arms—a Chevron between three Pears. 
Rev. In Plymovth. I.M.C. 
There was a John Cooke, a merchant. 
Obv. William and Arthur Apparently a Man. 
Rev. Collings, of Orson. W.A.C. 
This would be Oreston, still in common parlance Osan. 
Obv. Henry Davis, His half-penny. 
Rev. Plymovth, 1669. H.D. 
There was a Richard Davis, a brewer. 
Obv. Beniamin Dvnning, A Castle. 
Rev. In Plymoth, 1666. B.D. 
