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Three gold "touch" pieces from 17th-18th Centuries for warding against King's Evil, a name for scrofula (tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands at the side of the neck, with ulceration of the skin), because it was believed the touch of a king could cure it.
Date taken:1950
Size:1280 x 594 pixels (17.8 x 8.2 inches)

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