4 Pence - Stowmarket G. Mullins and Son ND front 4 Pence - Stowmarket G. Mullins and Son ND back
4 Pence - Stowmarket G. Mullins and Son ND photo

4 Pence - Stowmarket G. Mullins and Son ND

 
Brass - -
Description
Location
United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Type
Trade tokens › Work encampment, mine and wage tokens
Value
4 Pence (1⁄60)
Composition
Brass
Shape
Oval
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#72096
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering: 452

Comment

G. Mullins and Son, basket makers and Osier growers of Onehouse, Stowmarket, Suffolk.
These tokens were given to the workers in exchange for each bundle of willows gathered and then swapped for money.
(Circa 1930).
Mullins family basket making is on display at the Museum of East Anglian Life (MEAL) in Stowmarket.