Antique Replica Canterbury Pilgrims' Token vesta case fully charged with romantic sentiment

fully charged with romantic sentiment

with clear English hallmarks that date it to the year 1883

are precursors to modern day casino chips

but the marks inside confirm its origins in the Austro-Hungarian empire - circa 1880

Antique Replica Canterbury Pilgrims' Token vesta case fully charged with romantic sentimentDATE: Antique, c. 1920 A large lead token depicting S. Thomas Becket giving a blessing in full Archbishop vestiges riding a horse. Lettering to the reverse states: CANTERBURY PILGRIMS' TOKEN St THOMAS A BECKET CAST FROM THE ORIGINAL MOULD IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM These tokens (the originals, I mean) would have been carried by pilgrims and were often ritually thrown into the river Thames on completion of their pilgrimage to Beckets shrine in Canterbury