Commemorative Medals, Charles I, the Touching Ceremony, small copper token, c. 1635, HE TOVCHED THEM, hand from heaven reaches for four heads, rev. AND THEY WEARE HEALED, entwined rose and thistle, crowned, 21mm. (MI.-; MI. pl. XXXIII, 23), very fine and extremely rare
*ex W. V. R. 'Roy' Baldwin and O'Connor collections
ex Baldwin's vault
Stephen Brogan, The Royal Touch in Early Modern England, p. 87; Helen Farquhar, Royal Charities, pp 120-127 (200-300 GBP)