Communion tokens are made of lead and other metals. They were given to people by the Church and were used to attend a communion service. This service was held in remembrance of Christ and the last supper. At communion, people are given bread and wine. In the past, people disagreed about what was the right religion to follow. These tokens provided a way of identifying those who belonged to the reformed religion. They also kept out spies. This token is from Kilmadock, Perthshire, and dates to 1794.

This token is one of a group of over 200 collected by Jane and Louisa Macdonald, sisters from the town of Arbroath. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries they established a local history museum in the Abbot’s House at Arbroath Abbey.