The Collection of 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Robert Thompson

Cornwall, Millbrook, Gregory Dowling, Farthing, 1666, 1.09g/9h (Thompson, BNJ 1992, pp.154-8; N –; BW. Bedfordshire 75). Very fine and very rare; the only issue for the locality £200-£300

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: Bt S.E. Schwer October 1987.

Gregory Dowling, merchant and navigator, was an early trader with the colony of Virginia. His Will, executed at sea on 26 November 1674, as master mariner on the Amitie, a Plymouth-based vessel en route to the Americas, is described in full by Thompson; the Will was exhibited in September 1675