Obv: (cinquefoil)THOMAS . MYNORS, around linear inner circle, shield containing Mercer's Arms.
Rev: (cinquefoil)IN . LICHFIELD, around linear inner circle, 1(cinquefoil)6 over TM over 5(cinquefoil)6 .
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Thomas Minors, member of Parliament for Lichfield in the time of the Commonwealth, founded and endowed the English Free School in Bere Street, Lichfield, in 1670, for teaching thirty poor boys to read the Bible in English. He died in 1677.

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