120. N u r em b e r g C o u n t e r . 1662.
Bust of Charles II., r., hair long, flowing behind, in scale
armour. Leg. ca eo l ’ . i i . d g . mag . b e . bea n . e t . h ib e e .
REX.
Rev. Boyal arms, in square shield, viz. 1. England, 2. Scotland,
3. France, 4. Ireland, crowned. Leg. c o u n t e e s . cone :
l a u f f e r s . b e c h : PFENiNG. (Conrad Lauffer’s counter.)
1-15.
MB. ¿E plated.
121. N u e em b e e g C o u n t e e . 1662.
Bust of Charles II., r., laureate, hair long, in mantle. Leg.
CABOLVS . I I . D . G . MAG . BE . FRA . ET . HIB . EEX.
Rev. Boyal arms, in square shield, &c. ; same as the preceding.
1-15. Snelling, Counters, PI. v. fig. 24.
MB. Æ.
The portrait is copied from the early shillings of Charles II.
These four pieces are thin, in low relief and of poor workmanship,
made at Nuremberg by the family of Lauffer, who supplied
all Europe with this description of counters ; they are somewhat
rare because not worth preserving.
122. D e b t o b ’s e e e e d . 1662.
Bust of Charles II., r., laureate, hair long, flowing in front,
in scale armour, with lion’s head on shoulder, and mantle tied
in a knot on the shoulder. Leg. cabolvs . n . d e i . G . mag .
BEI . FEAN . ET . HIB . EEX.
Rev. Inscription incuse, in . smemoeia c l em e n t is im i b e g is
CABLI 2 DIE SCTI SWITHINI PAVPERIMOS LIBEBANTIS DEBITOEES
LACEIMANTVM SVPPLICATION’ . FIEMINAB’ . HAND ICONEM SACRAVIm
vs . (In remembrance of the most merciful King Charles II.,
who liberated on St. Swithin’s day us most poor debtors upon
the petition of our weeping wives, we have dedicated this
medal.)
1-7.
MB. lead. Unique ?
This medal is cast from a repaired and chased cast of the
obverse of No. I l l , the type of the reverse having been removed
by the grayer to receive the inscription. In 1662 a petition
was presented from the wives of ten persons confined in the
Gatehouse for offences against the State. Soon after the
Bestoration a petition had been presented to the King and
Parliament for the liberation of prisoners for debt. Upon
some such occasion this piece must have been executed, but
the precise act referred to on the medal has not been traced.
1 2 3 . D is p u t e s w it h H o l la n d . 1662.
Bust of Charles II., nearly full face, in large falling lace
collar, armour, scarf tied in a knot on the right shoulder, and
George of the Garter suspended to riband. Leg. carolvs . h
D . G . MAG . BRIT . FRAN . ET . HIB . EEX . ANNO . 1662. Oil
truncation, g . b . (George Bower.)
Rev. Sea fight between English and Dutch ships. Leg.
non . m ih i . sEd . po pv lo . (Not for myself but for my people )
1-75.
MB. electrotype from Advocates, SI.
Extremely rare.
This medal refers to the ill-feeling which existed between the
English and Dutch soon after the Bestoration. It arose from
various causes. Charles had himself not forgiven the insults
offered to him in Holland during his exile, and the nation
itself was greatly enraged at the encroachment of the Dutch
fishermen into English waters, which had much impoverished
the English fishing towns, and led to frequent disputes between
the fishing boats of the two countries. Conflicts between
English and Dutch trading vessels in foreign waters were also
not infrequent. Besides all these provocations, the Dutch