British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes

East Looe, Richard Scadgell, Farthing, 1669, 0.87g/12h (N –; BW./D 39, recté scadgell). Light verdigris spots, otherwise good very fine, exceptionally rare £500-£700

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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London Coins Auction 152 (Bracknell), 6 March 2016, lot 715.

In the 1664 Hearth Tax returns Richard Scadgell was taxed on 3 hearths, with 1 returned short in East Looe, and 1 hearth in the neighbouring hamlet of Pelynt