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LOT 3674
Group of Twelve [12] Irish Coins. 19th-20th century AD.
Various dates. Condition as seen.(129gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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Ireland. Easter Rising Anniversary AR Ten Scilling. Dated 1966.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Royal mint, London. Commemorative 10 shilling piece on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1916. éiRe · 1966 ·, bust of Padraig Pearse (Patrick Pearse) to right / deiċ scilling in Gaelic around the figure of Cú Chulainn (an Irish mythological hero) as a miniature of the statue by Oliver Sheppard, currently in the General Post Office, Dublin. Edge insciption: éiRí amac na Cásca 1916 in Gaelic. SCBC 6646; KM 18. 18.16gr, 30mm, 12h.
Almost Uncirculated. Some scratches.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
Many of these coins (1,270,000) were melted by the Central Bank around decimalisation in 1971 and many more were melted privately when the price of silver was very high in 1980/81. -
Ireland. Edward IV AR Penny. Second reign,1478-1483.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Dublin mint. Struck circa 1478-1483. Bust with suns and roses/Rose on cross coinage. [...]Ꞃ : DЄI : GRA[...], crowned facing bust; rose to upper left and lower right, star to upper right and lower left / [...] DVB-L[...], long cross pattée with rose at center; two roses and one sun in first and fourth quarters, two suns and one rose in second and third. SCBC 6396. 0.67gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine. Clipped and double-struck.
Found Braintree, Essex, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-E0CE4C. -
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Group of Twelve [12] Irish Coins. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Various dates. 155gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
