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Golding, London ; (who kindly furnished a valuable list of the 

 distribution of the bulk of the tokens) Mr. Henry Christie, 

 London ; Mr. J. S. Smallfield, London ; and Mr. G. B. Millett, of 

 Penzance. Several, however, are the result of my own researches. 



I have stated that a number of the tokens here recovered for 

 Cornwall are in Mr. Boyne's list wrongly assigned. This arises 

 from the fact that there are so many places of the same names in 

 different counties ; which, Avithout some personal knowledge con- 

 cerning the issuers, renders it very difficult and at times impossible, 

 to say whereto they belong. In this respect, Cornwall is very 

 unfortunately placed. Its St. Ives and St. Neot, are matched by 

 St. Ives and St Neot in Huntingdon. Its Newport and Millbrook 

 have namesakes in several counties. Nay, even Cornwall itself 

 has a double in Oxford. These facts have rendered the compilation 

 of this list one of peculiar difficulty ; and I have thought it best 

 when there may be a chance that a token belongs to the county to 

 include it here ; but to assign to it only a subordinate place by 

 ranking it under a number instead of giving it a number to itself. 

 All the tokens that are mentioned by Mr. Boyne are given without 

 any distinguishing mark ; the additions have an asterisk prefixed. 

 To most I have put such available notes as may serve to illustrate 

 and elucidate ; and initials indicating in whose possession examples 

 of the tokens are. B. M., signifies British Museum ; Bod., Bodleian 

 Library; T, M., Museum of the Eoyal Institution, Truro; G., Mr. 

 Golding; B., Mr. Boyne; S., Mr. Smallfield. 



One token assigned to Cornwall by Mr. Boyne really belongs 

 to Wales, which reduces his 41 therefore to 40. It is a penny by 

 Eichard Preece of Porthelly. There was a Porthelly near Meva- 

 gissey ; but it is clear from the name — Preece ; the value — there 

 was no Cornish penny ; and other circumstances ; that it really 

 belongs to Pwllheli in Wales, the only token assigned to which 

 in Mr. Boyne's list is a penny. Instances of phonetic spelling on 

 the tokens are by no means rare ; and Porthelly is a very reason- 

 able approach to Pwllheli. For example an unpublished farthing 

 of Machynlleth reads Mahentleth. 



There are only a few general points to note in connection with 

 the Cornish 17th century tokens. According to Mr. Boyne only 

 five counties issued less — Cumberland, Monmouth, Northumber- 

 land, Eutland, and Westmoreland. The number now quoted 



