Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Gloucestershire, Gloucester, City Farthings, Luke Nourse, 1657 (13), first [1657] issue (4), 2.58g/6h (RHT A1; N 1649; BW. 77), 3.06g/6h (RHT A2; N 1650; BW. 77), 2.71g/6h (RHT B1; N 1651; BW. 77), 2.63g/6h (RHT B2; Thompson, BNJ 1975, pl. vii, B, this piece; N 1652; BW. 77); second [1659] issue (4), 3.56g/6h (RHT B3; N 1653; BW. 78), 2.54g/6h (RHT C4; N 1654; BW. 77), 2.48g/6h (RHT D6; Thompson, BNJ 1975, pl. vii, 6, this piece; N 1655; BW. 77), 3.03g/6h (RHT D7; Thompson, BNJ 1975, pl. vii, D and 7, this piece; N 1656; BW. 77); third [May 1662] issue (3), 2.60g/6h (RHT E7; N 1656-7 rev., obv. not in N; BW. 77), 2.91g/6h (RHT F7; Thompson, BNJ 1975, pl. vii, F, this piece; N 1657; BW. 77), 3.50g/6h (RHT G7; N 1656-7 rev., obv. not in N; BW. 77); fourth [June 1662] issue (2), 3.20g/6h (RHT H8; Thompson, BNJ 1975, pl. vii, H and 8, this piece; N –; BW. 78), 2.87g/6h (RHT H9; Thompson, BNJ 1975, pl. vii, 9, first this piece; N –; BW. 78) [13]. RHT B1, F7, G7 and H9 in varied state, others fine to very fine, a very comprehensive group of this civic issue lacking only one known die-pairing, the unsigned issues very rare £150-£200

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 1649, 1651, 1652, 1654, 1655, G7/1656 var, H8 and H9 bt Seaby July 1969; N 1650, *1656 and E7/1656 var bt Seaby November 1968; N 1653 bt September 1971; N 1657 bt March 1971