Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Gloucestershire, Bristol, City Farthings, 1660 (10), 2.65g/6h, 2.52g/6h (both RHT A1; N 1507; BW. 17), 2.80g/6h, 2.61g/6h (both RHT A2; N 1508; BW. 17), 3.14g/6h, 1.98g/6h (both RHT B3; N 1510, former 1510T, this piece; BW. 17), 3.69g/6h, 3.40g/6h (both RHT C3; N 1511; BW. 17), 3.00g/6h, 2.80g/6h (both RHT D3; N 1512; BW. 17); together with a struck counterfeit, 1660, 2.47g/12h (N 1513T, this piece; cf. BW. 17) [11]. N 1510 at 1.98g excavated, three (including the counterfeit) very fine, others generally about fine and better £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Robert Thompson.

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Provenance: N 1507 at *2.65g and 1508 at 2.61g bt Seaby November 1968; N 1507 at 2.52g bt March 1970; N 1508 at 2.80g and 1511 at 3.40g bt July 1968; N 1510 at 3.14g bt Baldwin March 1969; N 1510 at 1.98g bt Spink November 1985; N 1511 at 3.69g and 1512 at 3.00g W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 127 (part), bt Baldwin March 1969; N 1512 at 2.80g Thimbleby Auction (Pangbourne), 4 February 1971, lot 186; N 1513 bt March 1971.

RHT B2 (N 1509T) is not now in the collection