Italian penny
Image from proof plateShekel of Israel
Image from proof plateOld english penny
[The second image is named A British coin]
Palmer's scrip
Image from published plateBetween these two squares on the division line, is placed another kind of Palmers Scrip, it is in shew something different from that mentioned numb.81.
Two pence
Image from proof plateOn a Silver piece of Bullen is coined two Incressants fretting each other. This piece of Money is passable here in England for Two Pence ...
Purse
LXXV. He beareth a Purse closed,
gorged with a Crownett.
Open purse
LXXVI. He beareth a Purse Overte.
This is also Blazoned a Purse opened, and the
Strings pendant, [with] Buttons and Tassels.
Purse of state
He beareth a Purse of State ... Such a purse as this is borne before the Lord Chancellor
and Lord Keeper of England and also before the Lord Chamberlain of the County
Palatine of Chester as a peculiar Ensign of their high Magistracy, whose office is to
mitigate the rigour of the common Laws of the Realm, according to the Rule of Equity.
Staff coronette
He beareth a Staff Coronettee ... The like staff to this I have seen cut upon
Grave-stones in several Churches which makes me to judg it to be a Staff of some Ecclesiastical
Order but whether belonging to a Dean or Dean Rurall, Abbot or Prior, or Canon Regular
I have not yet found out; but sure I am that it doth belong to some degree below a Bishop.
Caduceus
He beareth a Caduceus or Snake Staff ...
Other forms of caduceus
Image from proof plateBeside this form of Caduceus, I have another stamped on the ancient Roman Coin made in form and fashion of that engraven on the partition score of this quarter ... Sometimes the snakes are made crossing one the other as in the sinister side of this square.
Muff
LXXX. He beareth two Muffs, or Hand
Muffs; the first turned up at each end with
a Furr of the same; the second is of the Furr Sable, which
latter is the most usual way of making the Muff, be the
Furrs of Dogs, Cats, Fitchets, and such like and are
lined within, with a Cony skin, or Furr, or Wool of
the Rabbet. By this Sign or Cognizance hung out to
publick view, you may easily know where a Furrier or
Muff-maker dwelleth.
Palmer's scrip
LXXXI. He beareth a Palmers Scrip,
or Palmers Bag, with its Girdle, Buckles
and Tabb. This is a kind of Bag or Purse, which
Travellers carry at their sides by the Girdle, in which
they put things necessary for their Journey.
Irish penny
Image from proof plateHe beareth an Irish Penny. This hat the stamp of the Harp and Crown upon it, or coined with the Badge of Ireland. [The numbers of the remaining squares have been increased by two, because the 'Muff' and 'Palmer's scrip' were un-numbered.]
Scotch penny
Image from proof plateHe beareth a Scotch Penny stamped with the Thistle and the Crown upon it.
Penny yard penny
LXXXIV. He beareth a Penny Yard Penny; it is stamped with a Cross Moline between
12 round Buttons, and are called Penny-Yard Pence,
of the place where they were first Coined, which was (as
is supposed) in the Castle of Penny-Yard, near the Market Town of Rosse, in Herefordshire.
Henry VII penny
He beareth an Henry the Seventh Penny stamped with a Cross throughout the Bullen
between 12 Buttons with an inscription about. On the other side this coin was the Kings Face
crowned with a Ducal Crown; this is by most called a Button Penny and also a Cross Penny from its stamp.
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