Communion Token (Aberdeen)
Date1880
Object NameToken
MediumWhite metal
ClassificationsTokens
DimensionsOverall: Diameter: 27 mm
Approx.: Thickness: 2.5 mm
Approx.: Thickness: 2.5 mm
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS013718
Keywords
In 1880, the year in which the token was issued, the minister of John Knox Church was Herbert Bell, from Dumfriesshire, who, seven years later, had the misfortune to be killed in an accident at Kittybrewster railway station, Aberdeen.
As can be seen from this example, an appropriate quotation from the Scriptures was a favourite method of filling the space on the reverse of communion tokens from the early 19th century onwards.
