Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Gloucestershire, Bristol, City Farthings, 1662 (12), all Gp III, 2.85g/6h (RHT NN37; N 1574; BW. 18), 2.96g/6h (RHT OO38; N 1575T, this piece; BW. 18), 2.73g/6h (RHT PP38; N 1576T, this piece; BW. 18), 3.12g/6h (RHT PP39; N 1577T, this piece; BW. 18), 2.83g/6h, 2.08g/6h (both RHT QQ39; N 1578; BW. 18), 3.33g/6h (RHT QQ40; N 1579; BW. 18), 3.56g/6h, 3.16g/6h (both RHT RR41; N 1580; BW. 18), 3.26g/6h (RHT SS42; N 1581; BW. 18), 2.38g/6h (RHT SS43; N 1582T, this piece; BW. 18), 2.90g/6h (RHT TT43; N 1583T, this piece; BW. 18); together with a struck counterfeit, 2.71g/7h (N 1584; cf. BW. 18) [13]. Five fine or better, others in varied state, N 1578 at 2.08g pierced £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 1574 bt Seaby November 1968; N 1575 and 1583 W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 127 (part), bt Baldwin March 1969; N 1576, 1577, 1578 at 2.08g, 1579, *1581 and 1582 bt Baldwin March 1969; N 1578 at 2.83g and 1580 at 3.16g bt August 1970; N 1580 at 3.56g bt September 1975; N 1584 bt Paramount January 1976