Irish Coins & Tokens

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Irish / American (Colonial)

 

Halfpennies& Farthings

 

WI-6648:  1722 Type 1 Irish American William Wood Copper Halfpenny.  About VF.  Rare in this grade, rarer still being this first issue.  £355

 

WI-6333:  1723 Irish American William Wood Copper Halfpenny.  Much better grade than normally seen. (E)  £125

 

WI-5627:  1760 Irish “VOCE POPULI” Copper Halfpenny.  Type 9.  Ex Colin Cooke collection. (E)  £290

 

WI-5628:  1760 Irish “VOCE POPULI” Copper Halfpenny.  Type 9, P below.  Ex Colin Cooke collection. (E)  £325

 

WI-5629:  1760 Irish “VOCE POPULI” Copper Halfpenny.  Type 4.  Ex Colin Cooke collection. (E)  £285

 

WI-5630:  1760 Irish “VOCE POPULI” Copper Halfpenny.  Type 5.  Ex Colin Cooke collection. (E)  £295

 

 

 

Irish "Confederate Catholics" Kilkenny Issues

 

WI-6707: Charles 1st Hammered Silver Blacksmith’s Issue Half Crown.  An issue of the Irish Confederate Catholics.  Circa 1642 and described in literature as follows: “Struck in Kilkenny, this issue was very crude in both style and production…” If you’re waiting to acquire something resembling an English Charles 1st half crown for your collection, even in Fine or less grade, save yourself an indeterminate wait as they do not exist.  Ex Brian Dawson collection so excellent provenance.  The rarer Spink 6557A and contrary to the old sale’s slip that accompanies this coin, the initial mark Crown can clearly be seen on the reverse (on this issue, it was reverse only).  A very rare coin and one that is seldom offered to the open market.  £1,475

 

WI-5485: 1642-44 Charles 1st Irish Confederate Catholics Issue Halfpenny.  Struck in Kilkenny by the Irish Catholics who remained loyal to Charles 1st.  It was a very crude issue (shape, die and strike) with very few examples surviving due to the nature of the metal.  A rare early Irish coin. (E)  £385

 

 

 

Irish "Ormonde" Issue

 

WI-6197:  1643-44 Charles 1st Irish Ormonde Issue Groat.  An emergency issue struck utilising silver plates, along the lines of the Newark, Pontefract etc siege coins of England.  Usually an irregular, poorly struck issue.  The only Irish Charles 1st coin showing allegiance to the king.  (E)  £389

 

 

 

Irish James II Civil War Issues - "Gun Money"

 

CROWNS

 

WI-6690:  1690 Irish Gun Money Full Crown.  Struck on the old 1689 Gun Money Halfcrowns – this one with much host detail visible.  Struck during the Civil War, the idea being to redeem these Gun Money pieces for actual currency once the dust had settled.  £195

 

 

Half  CROWNS

 

WI-6484:  1689 Irish Gun Money Halfcrown - February. (E)  Struck during the Civil War, the idea being to redeem these Gun Money pieces for actual currency once the dust had settled.  £115

 

 

Shillings

 

WI-5442:  1689 Irish Gun Money Shilling.  Struck August 1689.  (E)  £89

 

WI-5443:  1689 Irish Gun Money Shilling.  Struck August 1689.  (E)  £76

 

WI-5444:  1690 Irish Gun Money Shilling.  Struck March 1690.  (E)  £76

 

WI-6663:  1689 Irish Gun Money Shilling.  Struck January 1689.  This is the rare Spink 6581MM – ERA for FRA error.  £135

 

 

 

Irish James II Civil War Issues - "Siege  of Limerick" Money

 

WI-6509:  1691 Irish Limerick Besieged Halfpenny.  Single year issue.  Struck over a large Gun Money shilling whilst James was besieged at Limerick.  Spink 6594.  One of the best grade examples I’ve seen; the reverse being better than the Spink plate coin.  (E)  £285

 

WI-5604:  1691 Irish Limerick Besieged Farthing.  Single year issue.  Struck over a small Gun Money shilling whilst James was besieged at Limerick.  Unusually large.  This one high grade for issue with much host coin detail visible.  Rare in this grade.  (E)  £245

 

 

 

"Hammered" Coinage

 

Prince John

 

WI-6068:  Irish Prince John Medieval Halfpenny.  Hammered silver, “DOMinus” coinage, group 1 (1198-1199), type iia.  Spink 6211.  WILLELMVS of Waterford.  It is interesting to note that there were no Irish pennies struck under Prince John.  Very nice coin from the rarer, early Irish period. (E)  £235

 

 

 

King John

 

WI-5747:  Irish King John Hammered Silver Round HALF Penny.  ROBERD of Dublin.  Rare denomination, excellent detail.  (E)  £198

 

WI-6777:  Irish King John Hammered Silver Penny.  +ROBERD.ON.DIVE, Spink 6228.  High grade – the best I’ve ever had.  £195

 

 

 

Henry III

 

WI-5929:  Irish Henry III Hammered Silver Voided Long Cross Penny.  Class 1b, RICARD of Dublin.  Spink 6236.  Choice.  £185

 

 

 

Edward I

 

WI-5519:  Irish Edward I Hammered Silver Penny.  Waterford mint, second coinage, trefoil of pellets.  Good grade.  (E)  £99

 

WI-6562:  Irish Edward 1st Medieval Hammered Silver Penny.  Intermediate issue of 1294-96 only (pellets in each angle of triangle), the excessively rare CORK mint - CIVI TAS CORC ACIE.  Spink 6259.  A well known US dealer who specialises in Irish coinage has one in similar grade for $4,250 (£3,162).  Such a rare coin and in lovely grade.  Choice.  (E)  £1,795

 

 

 

Edward IV

Sun & Roses Issue

 

WI-5165:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Sun & Rose type, 1479 – 1483.  Type 1, Dublin mint. (E)  £189

 

WI-5279:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Sun & Rose type, 1479 – 1483.  Strong portrait, some legend remaining.   Interesting die flaw on obverse.  Burns’ S-2 Dublin.  £195

 

WI-5280:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Sun & Rose type, 1479 – 1483.  Much legend remaining.   Burns’ S-3 Dublin.  £175

 

 

 

Cross & Pellets “HEAVY” issue

 

Groats

 

WI-6607: Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Groat.  Very heavy Cross & Pellets coinage of 1465 only.  G on breast (mintmaster Germyn Lynch), Dublin mint.  Spink 6294.  A lot rarer than Spink suggest.  £285

 

 

 

Pence

 

WI-6304:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Standard cross & pellets issue but the rarer Heavy coinage of 1465-70.  Extra pellet in two of the reverse quarters.  DV on reverse signifies Dublin mint.  It is thought that these coins were not always heavily clipped, rather they were full size dies struck on very short flans.  This one less short than most.  Old, detailed ticket.  A very strong portrait being slightly better than the Spink plate coin.  £145

 

WI-5283:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Standard cross & pellets issue but the rarer Heavy coinage of 1465-70.  An unrecorded coin in Spink and more importantly, unrecorded in Burn’s due to the small pellet(s) at the neck.  It is a type 13 coin but an unrecorded variation of DU-11b.  It is thought that these coins were not always heavily clipped, rather they were full size dies struck on very short flans.  Strong bust, initial mark visible.  £145

 

WI-5866:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Rarer Heavy coinage of 1465-70.  No obverse marks.  Bust C, likely Dublin mint.  £54

 

 

 

Cross & Pellets “LIGHT” issue

 

Groats

 

WI-6409:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Groat.  Light cross & pellets issue of 1470-78.  Limerick mint with L on breast and CIVI TAS LIMI RICI as reverse reading.  Cinquefoils by the neck, in two of the reverse quarters and preceding POSI.  The rarest of the two Limerick mint variations: Spink 6343.  Sold with a very old ticket and a more recent one – both with incorrect Spink references.  Pierced in antiquity but still a very rare coin indeed.  £425

 

 

 

Pence

 

WI-5284:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Dublin mint, 1470-78 issue.  Distinctive portrait style F, Dublin mint, Burns’ DU-6a (type 6).  £95

 

WI-5878:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Dublin mint, 1470-78 issue.  Portrait style E, Dublin mint, Burns’ DU-1.  £55

 

WI-5879:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Dublin mint, 1470-78 issue.  Pellets by neck, Dublin mint, Burns’ DU-5.  £55

 

WI-5920:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Light cross & pellets issue of 1470-78.  Burns’ DU-6, Dublin.  Spink 6365.  £69

 

WI-5967:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Light cross & pellets issue of 1470-78.  Burns’ DU-6, Dublin.  Spink 6365.  An interesting coin as there is a partial second bust and pellet to the left.  £89

 

WI-6387:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Light cross & pellets issue of 1470-78.  Burns’ T-9, Trim.  Spink 6381A.  0.46g, 12mm.  Ex Jim Sazama, ex York Coins, ex Jasper Burns (his plate coin).  Burns knew of only four examples of this coin.  Sold with three old tickets etc.  A very rare coin.  £395

 

WI-6561:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.   Light cross & pellets issue of 1472-8, Spink 6380A, Burns --.  Rerverse: VIL (LA DE)T RIM.  Trim mint.  0.57 grams.  One of only 3 known recorded examples (as stated on the printout accompanying this coin, although I would question the validity of that figure) and judging from all the Trim coins illustrated in Burns' book, the best of all three.  An important coin in choice grade for this Irish issue.  In Burns' 2009 book, he lists this coin as T-2 (note the distinctive right side of hair etc).  In the 2017, 5th edition, this coin is not represented in any of the x5 Trim categories, presumably because (as stated by the author on page 84 of the 5th edition) ‘two of the seven types have now been re-attributed to Drogheda mint.’  A very important coin.  £489

 

WI-6498:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Light cross & pellets issue of 1470-78.  Burns’ DU-22, Dublin.  Spink 6367.  An interesting coin: a Type 22 with x2 mullets by crown but an additional six pointed mullet (similar to those seen on Alexander III second issue coins) on the reverse inner beaded circle.  Better grade.  £75

 

 

 

Henry VII

 

WI-5909:  Irish Henry VII Hammered Silver Groat.  Late portrait issue (Dublin) of 1496 – 1505.  This is the rarer class 1A (Spink 6455).  Sold with plenty of Spink tickets as well as an old auction entry. (E)  £385

 

 

 

Henry VIII

 

WI-6394:  Irish Henry VIII Hammered Silver Groat.  1543. Third (3rd) Harp Issue, i.m. rose.  “HR” by harp.  Nice grade.  £195

 

WI-6369:  Irish Henry VIII Hammered Silver Groat.  1540.  First (1st) Harp Issue, DOMINVS, “HR” by harp.  Spink 6475.  The rarer earlier issue and sold with a very old collector’s ticket (Edward Watkins).  £249

 

 

 

Edward VI

 

WI-6395:  Irish Henry VIII Dublin Hammered Threepence.  Actually struck under Edward VI, 1547-50.  Type IV, Dublin mint.  Strong detail on this debased silver issue.  £145

 

WI-6030:  Irish Edward VI Hammered Silver Brass Shilling.  Spink 6494A.  Most unusual regnal reading of DWARD with the harp in place of the E of Edward!  This issue is now considered to be a contemporary counterfeit.  However it is recorded that this issue, termed the Bungal issue, circulated freely in Connacht at a value of one penny.  The brass copies usually imitated the 1552 Irish base issue, obverse initial mark harp; yet strangely a 1549 Southwark reverse was copied to produce this coin.  The Y initial mark lacks the vertical shaft making it look more like a V and tends to resemble only the lower portion of the harp, but this example is particularly clear as the Y or V has notched serifs on top and lacks the curved upper cross piece of the harp.  The gross mismatch between obverse and reverse certainly supports the idea of these being unauthorized issues.  It is easily the best grade example of the small handful that I’ve seen.  Coincraft states that they are rarely found in anything better than VG grade.  This coin far exceeds that.  It is interesting to note that the official Irish Edward  VI shilling, im Harp, is a truly awful looking issue as well as being incredibly rare.  The last example to go to auction that I’m aware of (1998) fetched £1,300 before commission costs.  If you are looking for a true Irish Edward VI shilling, you will not do much better than this.  £345

 

WI-6426:  Irish Edward VI, struck under Henry VIII, Dublin Hammered Sixpence.  Struck under Edward VI, 1547-50.  Type IV, Dublin mint.  Not far off being ‘as struck’.  Spink 6488.  £425

 

 

 

Philip & Mary

 

WI-5778:  1555 Philip & Mary Irish Facing Busts Shilling.  Debased hammered silver - nice grade for this usually poor issue. (E)  £295

 

WI-5363:  1556 Philip & Mary Irish Facing Busts Groat.  Debased hammered silver - nice grade for this usually poor issue. (E)  £295

 

 

 

Elizabeth 1st

 

WI-6671:  1558 Irish Elizabeth 1st Hammered Billon Silver Groat.  Base issue of 1558 only.  Spink 6504.  Very good grade for issue – I’ve never seen a nice one.  £185

 

WI-5542:  1601 Irish Elizabeth 1st Hammered Copper Penny.  Initial mark Star and on a generous planchets.  Most of these coins come out of the ground (it is interesting to note that examples have been unearthed from the Jamestown site in America, along with later James 1st hammered silver coinage) and as a result the copper corrodes.  This is a very nice example with clear detail. (E)  £135

 

WI-5575:  1602 Irish Elizabeth 1st Hammered Copper Penny.  Initial mark Martlet.  Most of these coins come out of the ground (it is interesting to note that examples have been unearthed from the Jamestown site in America, along with later James 1st hammered silver coinage) and as a result the copper corrodes.  The rarer date.  £165

 

 

 

James 1st

 

WI-5595:  Irish James 1st Hammered Silver 6d.  1604-7, initial mark rose so 1606 – 1607.  An extremely good grade example of a usually poorly struck obverse issue.  £245

 

 

 

Pre 1800 "Milled" Coinage

 

Charles II

 

WI-5856:  1682 Irish Charles II Copper Halfpenny.  Armstrong & Legge’s Regal coinage.  Nice grade and when you consider this is Charles II and that they used relatively soft copper.  £79

 

 

James II

 

WI-5950:  1686 Irish James II Copper Halfpenny.  Regular coinage issue (prior to the Civil War).  Nice grade for issue.  Spink 6576.  £75

 

WI-6766:  1688 Irish James II Copper Halfpenny.  Regular coinage issue (prior to the Civil War).  Nice grade for issue and the rarest of the x4 dates, apart from 1687 where virtually non are extant.  Sold with old tickets.  Spink 6576.  £165

 

 

William & Mary

 

WI-6725:  1692 William & Mary Conjoined Busts Copper Halfpenny – High Grade.  A Dublin halfpence that was struck for only three years (the English version was only in operation for one year), this one being the rarest date.  Spink 6597.  Made from the softest of copper (the Charles II copper halfpence issue was equally soft), ie without the “hardening” elements to the alloy of later years, these coins were notoriously prone to wear through minimal handling.  The Spink plate coin is truly exceptional, being the best known example and worth well into four figures.  Planchet flaw – obverse king’s hair.  A very nice coin indeed.  £225

 

WI-6678:  1694 William & Mary Conjoined Busts Copper Halfpenny – an unrecorded error.  A Dublin halfpence with the MA.RIA error very clearly displayed on the obverse.  Spink 6597, although this variety is completely unrecorded in Spink as well as the much more comprehensive Peck.  There is an argument which suggests that errors such as these were die sinkers’ identifying markers as nobody else at the time would notice.  We see this a great deal in the Commonwealth silver series, in the form of missing / extra pellets and although that was hammered and this is milled, Commonwealth and W&M were  only 30 odd years apart.  An important and rare variety.  £145

 

 

William III

 

WI-5991:  1696 Irish William III Copper Halfpenny.  1696 was the only year William III struck the halfpenny and the halfpenny was the ONLY denomination issued.  This coin is better than the Spink plate coin (S.6598) which tells you it is extremely good grade for issue.  (E)  £195

 

 

Queen Anne

 

WI-5358:  1709 Queen Anne Irish Coin weight.  Gold and silver coinage from Europe and beyond freely circulated in Ireland as currency.  The coin weight was issued to check the authenticity of the English gold guinea.  £85

 

 

George III

 

WI-4750:  Irish 1766 Copper Halfpenny.  Not a rare coin by any means but an interesting one none the less!  Deliberately (crudely) altered in antiquity to read 1760 and George II.  Why?!  £16

 

 

 

Post 1800 Coinage

 

1d’s

 

WI-5853:  Irish 1805 George III Large Copper Penny.  Soho coinage (Birmingham).  Much rarer than the halfpennies.  £35

 

 

1/2d’s

 

WI-5623:  1805 Irish Copper Halfpenny.  Ex Colin Cooke collection.  £85

 

WI-6548:  1805 Irish GILT-PROOF Copper Halfpenny.  Plain edge, EF or better.  £245

 

 

1/4d’s

 

WI-5922:  1806 Irish Copper Farthing.  Toned.  £22

 

 

 

Irish Communion Tokens

 

WI-5590:  Mid 1800’s IRISH Church Communion Token.  Presbyterian Church of Ireland.  99.9% of all Communion Tokens are Scottish.  Burzinski 7552.  £48