M0016433: Two gold touch-pieces of King James I of England

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Two gold touch-pieces of James I.

Photograph of two gold touch-pieces of King James I presented at the Healing Touch. The obverse of one is shown and the reverse of the other. The items were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession numbers R4734 and R4735).

October 1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the items: acc. number R4734 and R4735

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.