Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Gloucestershire, Bristol, City Farthings, 1662 (12), all Gp III, 4.05g/6h (RHT W17; N 1545T, this piece; BW. 18), 2.69g/6h (RHT X18; N 1546T, this piece; BW. 18), 3.15g/6h (RHT Y18; N 1547; BW. 18), 3.14g/6h (RHT Y19; N 1548; BW. 18), 2.78g/6h, 2.63g/6h (both RHT Z20; N 1550, latter 1550T, this piece, recté 2.63g; BW. 18), 3.47g/6h (RHT AA20; N 1551; BW. 18), 2.21g/6h (RHT AA21; N 1552T, this piece; BW. 18), 2.33g/6h (RHT AA22; N 1553T, this piece; BW. 18), 3.99g/6h (RHT BB23; N 1554; BW. 19), 2.91g/6h (RHT CC24; N 1555; BW. 19), 3.31g/6h (RHT CC25; N 1556T, this piece; BW. 19) [12]. N 1553 poor, 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 1545 and 1550 at 2.63g W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 127 (part), bt Baldwin March 1969; N 1546, 1548, 1552, *1554, 1555 and 1556 bt Baldwin March 1969; N 1547 Sotheby Auction, 5 May 1971, lot 161 (part), bt Coins & Antiquities May 1971; N 1550 at 2.78g bt August 1970; N 1551 bt Seaby November 1968; N 1553 bt S.N. Lane September 1971.

Confusion in the Sylloge listing allies the weight of the first specimen of N 1550 with the lighter example, ex Faulkner, illustrated on Plate XXXI