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Auction 185 1-2 Dec 2020
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The Collection of 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Robert Thompson (Part I)
Gloucestershire, Bristol, City Farthings, 1652 (12), all Gp II, 2.92g/6h, 2.17g/6h (both RHT K9; N 1474; BW. 12), 2.93g/12h, 2.69g/12h (both RHT M10; N 1476; BW. 12), 2.95g/6h, 2.93g/6h (both RHT M12; N 1477, former 1477T, this piece, recté 2.95g; BW. 12), 2.39g/6h (RHT N11; N 1478; BW. 12), 2.06g/6h (RHT N12; N 1479; BW. 12), 3.11g/6h (RHT O11; N 1480; BW. 12), 3.46g/6h (RHT O12; N 1481; BW. 12), 3.08g/6h (RHT P10; N 1482; BW. 12), 2.89g/6h (RHT P12; N 1483; BW. 12) [12]. N 1480 fine, others in varied state; sold with a photograph of the British Museum specimen of obverse L (N 1475), from George III's duplicates £50-£70
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Provenance: N 1474 at 2.92g bt July 1968; N 1474 at 2.17g bt Seaby November 1968; N 1476 at 2.93g bt F.J. Jeffery April 1971; N 1477 at 2.95g Thimbleby Auction (Pangbourne), 4 February 1971, lot 189 (part); N 1477 at 2.93g bt Spink November 1985; N 1478 bt April 1971; N 1479 H.B. Bowles Collection, Bristol City Museum Collection, bt March 1971; *N 1480 W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 127 (part), bt Baldwin March 1969; N 1481 and 1483 bt Baldwin March 1969; N 1482 bt Paramount January 1976
Gloucestershire, Bristol, City Farthings, 1652 (12), all Gp II, 2.92g/6h, 2.17g/6h (both RHT K9; N 1474; BW. 12), 2.93g/12h, 2.69g/12h (both RHT M10; N 1476; BW. 12), 2.95g/6h, 2.93g/6h (both RHT M12; N 1477, former 1477T, this piece, recté 2.95g; BW. 12), 2.39g/6h (RHT N11; N 1478; BW. 12), 2.06g/6h (RHT N12; N 1479; BW. 12), 3.11g/6h (RHT O11; N 1480; BW. 12), 3.46g/6h (RHT O12; N 1481; BW. 12), 3.08g/6h (RHT P10; N 1482; BW. 12), 2.89g/6h (RHT P12; N 1483; BW. 12) [12]. N 1480 fine, others in varied state; sold with a photograph of the British Museum specimen of obverse L (N 1475), from George III's duplicates £50-£70
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Provenance: N 1474 at 2.92g bt July 1968; N 1474 at 2.17g bt Seaby November 1968; N 1476 at 2.93g bt F.J. Jeffery April 1971; N 1477 at 2.95g Thimbleby Auction (Pangbourne), 4 February 1971, lot 189 (part); N 1477 at 2.93g bt Spink November 1985; N 1478 bt April 1971; N 1479 H.B. Bowles Collection, Bristol City Museum Collection, bt March 1971; *N 1480 W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 127 (part), bt Baldwin March 1969; N 1481 and 1483 bt Baldwin March 1969; N 1482 bt Paramount January 1976