British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Penryn, John Pearce, Farthing, 1666, 0.93g/3h (N 832; BW. 57). Flan crimped, obverse fair, reverse about fine, very rare £90-£120

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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E. Bell Collection, Maxwells Auction (Hazel Grove), 4 April 2012, lot 292 [from S.E. Schwer April 1983]; bt N.A. Clark.

John Pearce married Jane Nott at St. Gluvias on 14 February 1658. In the 1664 Hearth Tax returns John Pearce is shown as part responsible for 4 hearths owned by John Dewstowe, and is listed as the new taxpayer