Following these gold and silver coins and tokens, reference should be made 

 to the English Regal Copper Coinage that is also fairly well represented. 

 This series brings under notice some features of local interest, as what 

 are known as the Bristol Farthings are included in it. These Farthings, 

 by the way, are not so fine or so numerous as might be expected, but 

 they are headed by two specimens of the metal objects which preceded 

 the authorised Farthings, and in their day they probably served the same 

 purpose. At all events, they have upon them the Ship and Castle that 

 have always figured in connection with the history of this City. The 

 early farthings of James I., and those of Charles I. and Charles II., are 

 well represented, and so it goes on until we come to the time of the 

 Georges, when the copper coins became more varied in their denomina- 

 tions and better executed artistically. A large number of these copper 

 coins came to us through the Estates Committee when the "Old 

 Friendship Inn," Castle Green, was demolished in 1904. 



The most numerous section is that of the Copper Trade Tokens, and upon 

 a recent examination it appeared that an entire re-arrangement of them 

 would be necessary. Besides the loose tokens contained in the Cabinet 

 there were two other parcels of these specimens, and all of them having 

 been much neglected, they were from the nature of the metal in a very 

 unsatisfactory condition. They have now been cleansed and incor- 

 porated as one collection according to the dates and places of issue, 

 and where, as is the case with about half the entire number, more than 

 r ne specimen of a particular Token is found, two are placed together, 

 so that the obverse and reverse may be seen if at any time it is thought 

 desirable to exhibit them. 



In the case of the single tokens as well as the double ones the obv. and rev. 

 are both given in the catalogue, and the duplicates beyond two 

 specimens are kept separate. 



Passing from the Coins and Tokens, the English Silver and Bronze Medals 

 invite attention. First, with regard to the Silver Medals, they are 

 comparatively few in number, about 30 in all, and are chiefly concerned 

 with Royal personages, and the changes that took place at the end of 

 the seventeenth century. The great change that accompanied the 

 abdication of James II. resulted in some fine medals being struck 

 commemorative of the accession of William and Mary. This event 

 seems to have evoked a great deal of enthusiasm, if one may judge from 

 the medals themselves. Besides these, there are several that relate to 

 other prominent persons of the day, and that recall the stirring events 

 with which they were connected. Some of the latter are of inferior 

 metal and therefore less expensive. 



