Pewter 27.4mm diameter, 9.55 grams. IACOBVS· II· D· G MAG· BRI· FRAN· ET· HIB· REX James II on horseback right.  R. VAL 24 PART. REAL. HISPAN.  Crowned shields arranged cruciform, linked by chains.  About Fair

Ex David Rogers collection.  A Thames find ?

In August 1688 John Holt, agent for a number of tin mines petitioned the King for the right to produce tin tokens for use in the American plantations. Though there are no surviving documents to prove that permission was granted, the existance of a number of dies cut by John Roettier and now in the British Museum, London, suggest that permission was granted.

Just four months later on 11th December, King James II fled England during the 'Glorious Revolution', resulting in the immedate cessation in the production of plantation tokens. None have yet been discovered in the colonies suggesting that these tokens never left England.