Trade token (obverse), Of India & China Tea Mart, Gallowgate, Glasgow

This is the obverse of a brass ten penny trade token of the India and China Tea Mart in the Gallowgate in Glasgow.

The obverse has '10d' surrounded by the text 'Dividend/Tea Warrant'.

Trade tokens were used by tea importers as adverts. By the beginning of the 20th century a handful of Scottish companies came to control over 60 per cent of the output of Indian tea.

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Online ID:	000-100-048-201-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.1967.673
Date:	18th/19th century
Material:	Inscription: Obv. 10D / DIVIDEND / TEA WARRANT / Rev. THE INDIA AND CHINA TEA MART / 508 GALLOWGATE
Dimensions:	25 mm D
What:	Trade token
Subject:	Trade tokens
Who:	India and China Tea Mart (Issuer)
Where:	Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, 508 Gallowgate
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Description:	Circular brass tenpenny trade token of The India and China Tea Mart, Gallowgate, Glasgow
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