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YlU.— The Tohns of Cormvall-Tavt II.— By E. N. Woeth, 

 F.Q-.S., Corresponding Member. 



Eead May 2'^rd, 1876. 



TWO years ago I had the honour to lay before the Society a 

 paper on the Tokens of Cornwall, dealing specially with 

 those of the 17th century. In that paper I described 98 of these 

 coins — 90 of which I considered certainly belonged to Cornwall, 

 while 8 were doubtful. Since then, I have ascertained the exist- 

 ence of six hitherto undescribed Cornish tokens, including one 

 variety, so that I think we have good grounds for believing that 

 the total niunber issued in this county between 1656 and 1671, 

 the earliest and latest dates recorded upon them, must have 

 exceeded 100 ; whereas Mr. Boyne in his list only assigns 

 Cornwall 41. Two places now appear upon the list which were 

 not known to have issued tokens before, Ludgvan and St. Austell ; 

 Fowey is shown to have had three instead of one ; and the four 

 of Penzance become five. For the descriptions of Numbers 91, 

 92, 93, and 94, I am indebted to Mr. Eashleigh of Menabilly, in 

 whose magnificent collection they are ; 95 is in the possession of 

 the Rev. J. Treffry, D.C.L., Place, who kindly communicated to 

 me through Mr. Eashleigh ; 96 is the property of my friend Mr. 

 H. S. Gill, of Tiverton, to whom I am much beholden. 



I cannot bring forward any additional evidence with regard to 

 the doubtful tokens. I have carefully examined the Overseers' 

 haKpenny and farthing of St. Ives, the device of which is 

 variously interpreted as being two women washing in a tub, in 

 which case the token may belong to either St. Ives — Huntingdon 

 or Cornwall ; or two women packing fish, in which case we could 

 certainly claim it for St. Ives in Cornwall. I cannot, however, 

 undertake to decide between the two. 



A penny by Richard Preece, of PortheUy, assigned by Mr. 

 Boyne to Cornwall, but which I referred to Pwllheli in Wales, 

 has been the subject of investigation by Sir John Maclean, 



