Irish Coins & Tokens

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Irish / American (Colonial)

Halfpennies

WU-4742:  1674 Irish / American “St Patrick’s” Copper Halfpenny.  Struck by Mark Newby in Dublin (Ireland), circa 1670-75 and bought to New Jersey soon after.  The coinage was made legal tender by the General Assembly of New Jersey in May 1682.  This coin has unusually good detail as well as unusual “punches”.  A rare coin.  See USA section

 

WU-4281:  1760 Irish / American “VOCE POPULI” Cent.  Nice grade – Nelson 12 variety.  See USA section

 

WI-4747:  1722 Irish / American Woods Halfpenny.  Much rarer first issue.  Used as currency in America from the 1720's onwards.  £149

 

WI-4748:  1722 Irish / American Woods Halfpenny.  Second issue.  Used as currency in America from the 1720's onwards.  £69

 

WI-2777:  1723 Irish / American Woods 1/2d.  Used as currency in America from the 1720's onwards.  £69

 

WI-4700:  1724 Irish / American Woods 1/2d.  Used as currency in America from the 1720's onwards.  Porous.  A very much rarer date.  £75

 

WI-4749:  1724 Irish / American Woods 1/2d.  Used as currency in America from the 1720's onwards.  A very much rarer date.  £75

 

 

Farthings

WI-1955:  Good Grade Irish-American "Woods" 1723 Farthing.  1/4d's are rarer than 1/2d's.  This is a pleasing example.  £49

 

 

 

Irish Emergency "Ormond" Money (Charles 1st)

CROWNS

WI-4387:  Irish Charles 1st “Ormonde” Full Silver Crown.  Issue of 1643 / 1644.  An emergency coinage issue struck during the Great Rebellion under the Earl of Ormonde (Lieutenant of Ireland) in the name of King Charles 1st.  Made from flattened silver plates which were roughly cut and then stamped with the crude dies.  This issue very much mirrors the English Charles 1st Newark / Scarborough / Carlisle / Pontefract “siege” coinage of the mid 1640’s.  This coin is ex Spink (tickets enclosed) and approaching VF for issue.  Rare.  £975

 

 

 

Irish James II "Gun" Money

CROWNS

WI-4800:  1690 Irish Gun Money Full Crown.  Harder denomination and a better grade example.  £99

 

 

1/2 CROWNS

WI-4799:  1689 Irish Gun Money Half Crown.  Struck February.  Higher grade example thus rare.  £145

 

WI-3469:  1689 Irish Gun Money Half Crown.  Struck October.  Cheaper example.  £45

 

WI-4603:  1690 Irish Gun Money Half Crown.  Indeterminable month – rusty dies?  Cheaper example.  £45

 

 

Shillings

WI-2743:  1689 Irish Gun Money Shilling.  Good grade.  Struck September.  £78

 

WI-4746:  1690 Irish Gun Money Shilling.  Struck May.  £39

 

WI-4811:  1690 Irish Gun Money Shilling.  Struck May.  High grade example.  £69

 

WI-3463:  1690 Irish Gun Money Shilling.  Small issue, struck June 1690.  £68

 

WI-4772:  1690 Irish Gun Money Shilling.  Small issue, struck June 1690 but the very rare JUNC variation (Spink 6582-GG) struck on a thin flan.  High catalogue value.  £125

 

 

Sixpences

WI-4798:  1689 Irish Gun Money Sixpence.  Struck January.  Rarer denomination.  Rare ERA for FRA error (listed in Spink).  £79

 

WI-3727:  1689 Irish Gun Money Sixpence.  Struck February.  Rarer denomination.  £79

 

WI-4744:  1689 Irish Gun Money Sixpence.  Struck July.  Rarer denomination.  £79

 

WI-4743:  1689 Irish Gun Money Sixpence.  Struck December.  Rarer denomination.  £79

 

 

Irish James II " Siege  of Limerick" Money

WI-4046:  1691 Irish Limerick Besieged Halfpenny.  Single year issue.  Struck over a Gun Money shilling whilst James was besieged at Limerick.  This one high grade for issue with some host coin detail visible.  Rare in this grade.  £279

 

WI-4353:  1691 Irish Limerick Besieged Halfpenny.  Single year issue.  Struck over a Gun Money shilling whilst James was besieged at Limerick although this one with minimal host coin showing.  Most unusual in the placement of the bust on the obverse die – the legend has actually been spaced to accommodate the bust.  Rare coin with an unusual feature.  £179

 

 

 

Pre 1650 "Hammered" Coinage

 

Hiberno-Norse Issues

WI-4371:  Irish Viking Hammered Silver Penny.  Hiberno-Norse issue of 1035-1060.  Long cross and hand issue.  Based on the coinage of Aethelred II with bust actually being that of Aethelred.  Reverse has usual long cross but with a stylised hand in two quarters and a pellet in the other.  Legends obverse and reverse are blundered which is to be expected.  This coin from an old collection (original sale’s ticket sold with the coin).  Good EF grade.  The 2005 revised Coincraft price guide places this coin at £550 in VF.  No price given for EF or GEF.  Choice.  £895

 

 

Prince John

WI-4412:  Irish Prince John Hammered Silver Halfpenny.  1190-98, moneyer Adam of Dublin.  Class 1b.  Very high grade coin.  £339

 

WI-4740:  Irish Prince John Hammered Silver Halfpenny.  1190-98, moneyer Huge of Dublin.  Class 11a.  Nice coin.  £189

 

 

King John

WI-4447:  Irish King John Medieval Penny.  Hammered silver, REX coinage (1207-11), ROBERD-ON-DIVE (Dublin).  £145

 

 

Henry III

WI-2742:  Irish Henry III Medieval Penny.  Hammered silver, Dublin mint (RICARD).  £99

 

 

Edward I

WI-2892:  Irish Edward I Hammered Silver Penny.  Dublin mint, good grade.  £89

 

WI-3508:  Irish Edward I Hammered Silver Penny.  Waterford mint, class 1b.  Good grade.  £89

 

WI-3626:  Irish Edward 1st Hammered Silver Penny.  Dublin mint, class 1a, nice grade.  £69

 

WI-4741:  Irish Edward 1st Hammered Silver HALFPENNY.  Second coinage, Dublin mint.  £95

 

 

Edward IV

WI-4127:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Dublin mint, 1473-78 issue.  The whole issue is clipped – this has some legend remaining.  £95

 

WI-4193:  Irish Edward IV Hammered Silver Penny.  Dublin mint, 1473-78 issue.  The whole issue is clipped – this has some legend remaining.  £99

 

 

Henry VII

 

 

Henry VIII

WI-3382:  Irish Henry VIII Hammered Silver Groat.  First (1st) Harp Issue, 1534 – 1540.  “HR” type – 1540.  Nice grade.  £185

 

WI-3877:  Irish Henry VIII Hammered Silver Groat.  Second (2nd) Harp Issue, 1540 – 1542.  “HR” type, mm trefoil.  Nice grade.  £185

 

WI-4084:  Irish Henry VIII Hammered Silver Groat.  Third (3rd) Harp Issue, 1543, mm rose.  “HR” by harp.  Nice grade.  £185

 

WI-4086:  Irish Henry VIII Hammered Silver Six Penny Groat.  Fourth (4th) Harp Issue, 1544, mm lis.  “HR” by harp.  Nice grade.  £185

 

 

Edward VI

WI-4858:  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

 

 

Philip & Mary

WI-2634:  1555 Philip & Mary Irish Facing Busts Shilling.  Debased hammered silver, good grade for poor issue.  Very rare.  £429

 

WI-2635:  1557 Philip & Mary Irish Facing Busts Groat.  Debased hammered silver, good grade for poor issue.  £115

 

 

Elizabeth 1st

WI-2891:  1558 Irish Elizabeth I Groat.  Hammered billon silver, small head type.  £69

 

WI-4873:  1558 Irish Elizabeth 1st Hammered Groat.  Billon silver type but unusually, excellent edges, strong legends and good detail.  The coin is also attractively toned.  Dated 1558.  A poorly struck issue with little sign of circulation.  This is the best example I’ve ever seen.  Rare.  £185

 

WI-3793:  1561 Irish Elizabeth 1st Hammered Silver Shilling.  Fine silver issue, very good grade.  Single year issue, mm harp.  £239

 

WI-3397:  1601 Irish Elizabeth 1st Penny.  Good grade for issue.  £69

 

 

James 1st

WI-3012:  Irish James I Hammered Silver 6d.  1604-7.  A good grade example of a usually poorly struck obverse issue.  £115

 

 

 

Pre 1800 "Milled" Coinage

WI-3914:  Irish Charles II Halfpenny, 1680.  Armstrong & Legge issue.  Very nice grade.  £99

 

WI-4699:  Irish Charles II Halfpenny, 1680.  Armstrong & Legge issue.  Lovely grade coin.  Note the different reverse and obverse dies compared to WI-3914.  With this coin, the loop of the 1 in 1680 falls within the X of REX and the king has the beginnings of a double chin.  A nice example with the harp strings (x14) being particularly clear.  £99

 

WI-3398:  Irish James II Halfpenny, 1686.  “Regular” coinage, x14 strings to harp.  £75

 

WI-3709:  Irish William & Mary Halfpenny, 1692.  Dublin.  Rusty obverse die.  Good grade.  £49

 

WI-3383:  Irish 1694 William & Mary Halfpenny.  Struck Dublin, very good grade for issue.  £99

 

WI-3819:  Irish 1737 Brass Regal Coin Weight.  Official weight for the Portuguese gold 4 Escudos coins (14.0 grams) which were legal tender in Ireland at this time as there was a severe shortage of all coinage but especially high denomination coinage.  The date 1737 is interesting as it corresponds with the Irish Coin Directive date.  £89

 

WI-4101:  Irish 1744 Farthing.  George II, nice grade.  £34

 

WI-3608:  Irish 1750 Halfpenny.  Lovely grade.  Type III.  £43

 

WI-3609:  Irish 1752 Halfpenny.  Good grade.  Type III.  £33

 

WI-4354:  Irish 1760 Farthing.  Last issue of George II.  Nicer grade than normal.  £19

 

WI-4445:  1763 Northumberland & Dublin George III Shilling.  Struck in silver by the Earl of Northumberland (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland) for distribution in Ireland in 1763.  There is a story that states the 1763 was limited to only £100 face value.  The issue filtered back to England and was used rarely as currency.  This coin is better than VF and toned.  Ex Spink.  Rare.  See George III section

 

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

 

WI-3514:  Irish 1782 Halfpenny.  The last copper coin stuck for use in Ireland until the 1800’s.  £26

 

WI-4100:  Irish 1782 Halfpenny.  The last copper coin stuck for use in Ireland until the 1800’s.  £39

 

WI-4797:  Irish 1782 Halfpenny.  Higher grade example thus rare.  £59

 

 

Post 1800 Coinage

1d’s

WI-3123:  1805 Irish Large Penny.  Very good grade thus rare.  Large pennies are much, much rarer than the halfpennies.  £55

 

WI-3337:  About EF Grade 1805 Irish Large Penny.  Very rare in this grade.  £89

 

WI-3133:  High Grade Irish 1823 Large Penny.  Under George IV.  Much rarer denomination & high grade.  £68

 

1/2d’s

WI-3529:  Irish Geo IV Copper 1/2d, 1822.  Better grade.  £19

 

WI-2816:  1823 Irish George IV Halfpenny.  Decent grade and cheap.  £14

 

1/4d’s

WI-3820:  1806 Irish George III Farthing.  Nice grade, lovely toning.  £29

 

 

Tokens “1” - general

WI-3742:  1794 Conder Trade Token - Irish Dublin.  Unusual.  £19

 

WI-4444:  1794 Irish Conder Trade Token – Cork.  For the Convenience of the Public”.  Plain edge, rarer type.  £19

 

WI-2910:  1805 Irish Silver 5p Token.  George III.  £14

 

WI-2999:  1808 Irish Silver 30 Pence Token.  Good grade and the rarer type (see image annotation).  £99

 

WI-4918:  1813 Irish George III Silver 10 Pence Bank Token.  An attractive and uncommon denomination in better grade than the image suggests (the hair detail is obvious on the token itself).  £18

 

WI-3063:  1814 Irish Wellington Large 1d Token.  Good grade for issue.  £39

 

WI-4370:  1820 Irish Copper Trade Penny.  “One Penny Token”, Dublin.  No host coin visible.  Slightly rusty dies and die flaw (reverse, after “D”).  A good VF and a very nice token.  £55

 

WI-3284:  1834 Irish Trade Farthing.  Dublin, Cork & Limerick.  £23

 

WI-3797:  1840's Irish (Dublin) Merchants Token.  Bust of Victoria.  £23

 

 

Tokens “2” – being from an old Irish Token collection

WI-3631:  1789 Irish Mines Trade “Conder” Token.  Chronebane halfpenny, Dublin.  £22

 

WI-3341:  1814 Irish Penny Token – Wellington.  Stephens of Dublin.  £39

 

WI-3736:  1816 IRISH Penny Token - Signed Obverse.  Dublin.  Stamped PARKES on trunk of bust.  £33

 

WI-3347:  1821 Irish Penny Token – Biblical.  Cheaper example.  £29

 

WI-3739:  1853 IRISH (Dublin) "Building" Token.  One I’m unfamiliar with.  Large pictorial trade mark (building).  £29

 

WI-3349:  1858 Irish Penny Token – William Hodgins, Banker.  Rarer token, good grade.  £55

 

 

Medalets

WI-3021:  High Grade 1890’s Irish Medal.  “City of Belfast” promotional medal with much original guilding remaining.  Nice piece.  £19

 

 

 

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