Design a trading token competition. Winners are announced, July 2003
Kingston Museum is delighted with the response it has received from local schools to its 'Design a Trading Token' Competition.
The Museum was able to purchase a substantial collection of 17th century trading tokens in 1996 with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund. To celebrate the Fund's Centenary, the Museum is publishing on its web site throughout 2003, details of the tokens and other artefacts it has purchased with financial assistance from the Fund. Some pages are specially designed for children and in many cases a competition adds to the fun.
Around 150 entries were received from local primary schools. The standard was very high, said Howard Benge, the Museum's Education and Events Officer. The designs were very imaginative and we had difficulty choosing a winner. Congratulations to the winner who is Niloufar Tabai from St Paul's C. of E. Junior School. Her token was designed to be made in leather and used by a trader in leather goods.
Second prize went to Anthony Morianne from St Andrew's and St Mark's C. of E. Primary School in Surbiton. His token, he said, was worth one 'Tour of the Jungle' token.
Kate Regan, also from St Andrew's and St Mark's who took third prize, decided that her token would be made of pewter.
To find out more about our traders' tokens go to Artfund100
July 2003