LOT 3452
Ireland. Wellington and Erin Go Bragh CU Penny Token. 1816.
Designs by Isaac Parkes. WELLINGTON & ERIN GO BRAGH, laureate and draped bust to left; I PARKES in small lettering on truncation / EDWD STEPHENS 1816, crowned ornamental harp with nine strings. Davis 28. Fine.(15.66gr, 33mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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LOT 3452
Ireland. Wellington and Erin Go Bragh CU Penny Token.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Ireland. Talbort Fyan CU Halfpenny Token. 1794.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dublin mint. FOR THE HONOR AND USE OF TRADE, blindfolded Justice standing facing, head to right, holding sword with her right hand and scales with her left / TALBORT FYAN GROCER POOLBEG STREET DUBLIN *, triangular sugar-loaf on the left and brandy bottle inscribed BRANDY on label on the right; date below. Edge inscription: HALFPENNY PAYABLE AT DUBLIN CORK OR DERRY. DH 308. 9.70gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Ireland. Wicklow, Cronebane CU Halfpenny Token. 1790's.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
John of Gaunt / Hibernia mule issue. IOHN OF GAUNT DUKE OF LANCASTER, crowned and draped bust to left / HIBERNIA, Hibernia seated to left holding harp, oak sprig in exergue. Edge inscription: CURRENT EVERY WHERE. DH 76. 8.29gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
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England. North Yorkshire, York, Robert Benson AE Half Penny Token. Dated 1667.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
★ ROBERT • BENSON :, HIS HALF PENY in three lines / ★ IN • YORKE • 1667, R•I•B around Mercer's Arms. Dickenson 383. 1.18gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Found Huby, Yorkshire, UK, 19 January 2002. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an illustrated record card by Jim Halliday dated 19 January 2002.
