British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Helston, Richard Rogers, Farthing, 1668, 0.80g/12h (N 542; BW. 20). Traces of surface verdigris on obverse, otherwise very fine, dark patina, extremely rare £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 17th Century Tokens of Cornwall formed by Mac McCarthy.

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Penrose Estate, Lay’s Auction (Penzance), 31 July 2020.

In the hearth tax returns of 1664 Richard Rogers was taxed on 4 hearths in Sithney, the parish boundary of which abuts Helston, as does the parish of Wendron, where he married Tamzyn Tresillian on 1 August 1665. A merchant, the inventory of his goods and chattels was valued at £1,050, 10 shillings and sixpence halfpenny