Date: c. 1808 Description: Coin and counter-mark fine (F). An extremely rare item but despite being only estimated at £400-500 by DNW; it sold for a healthy GB£ 3,400 + buyer’s premium + tax. This coin would most likely be unfamiliar to the local population and it was stamped to define its value in Dutch…
19th C / bank failure / banknote / Ireland / Irish / Silver Bank
Date: 1804 Silver Bank, Bray, for Alderman John Rose, 3 Shillings and 9 1/2 pence, 3 July 1804, serial number 546, James Grant signature, tear in body of note due to the embossed seal, staining, endorsements on reverse, a superb example of this incredibly rare not. Rose’s Silver Bank was located in Bray, Co Wicklow…
commemorative / Dublin / Euro Proof Commemorative / Ireland / Irish / Irish Coin Database / Limited edition / Mint (Dublin)
Date: 2006 Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish schoolteacher, novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, literary translator and French Resistance fighter. He was a very private man and, despite being awarded the Croix de Guerre, didn’t say much about his adventures in France during World War II.…
#Bandon / #Bandon Bridge / 17th C / Charles I / Cities of refuge / Coinage of the Great Rebellion / copper / Emergency Coinage / Emergency issue / farthing / Hammered Coinage / Ireland / Irish / Irish Coin Database / Mint (Cork) / O'Brien Rare Coin Review / rare / rarity
Date: c. 1647 Description: Charles I, Southern Cities of Refuge, Bandon Bridge octagonal farthing (copper) Weight: 2.32g Diameter: 14mm Unrecorded in literature but similar to an ‘undated’ Bandon Bridge farthing References: cf. D&F 316 and SCBC 6560 Overall, about very fine. (aVF) Extremely rare An unrecorded ‘dated’ issue Obverse: Crudely struck emergency coinage with the…
17th C / Charles I / Cities of refuge / Coinage of the Great Rebellion / copper / Cork / Emergency Coinage / Emergency issue / farthing / Hammered Coinage / Ireland / Irish / Irish Coin Database / Mint (Cork) / O'Brien Rare Coin Review / rare / rarity
Date: c. 1647 Description: Charles I, Southern Cities of Refuge, Cork Round Farthing (copper) Weight: 2.33g References: cf. S 6562B; cf. DF 331-3; cf. SCBI Norweb 6214 About very fine. (aVF) Extremely rare Obverse: Crudely struck emergency coinage with the legend “CORKE” across field, crown above, crossed palm leaves below, all within beaded border Reverse:…
Date: c. 1009-1011 Description: Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny, Phase 1, Class C (Imitating Æthelred II’s Helmet type). Struck in the name of Sihtric, King of Dublin. Dublin mint signature, Moneyer: Car Diameter: 18 mm Weight: 1.2 g References: Seaby 6113 Provenance: Whyte’s of Dublin Sales February 1996, Lot 629 16th April, 2011, Lot 469 Extremely Fine…
Date: c. 1075-1080 Description: An Hiberno-Norse / Hiberno-Scandinavian, Phase V, Class B. (1070s Anglo-Norman type) silver penny. Obv. Crude bust right, cross pommée behind & three pellets before nose. Reverse: cross within inner circle. Silver Penny. Presumably minted in Dublin, in imitation of the 1070s Anglo-Norman type coinage. Weight: 0.64 g References: Unpublished. DF-, S,-…
Date: c. 995-1015 Description: An Hiberno-Norse. Phase I Penny. Dublin mint attributed to Sihtric, King of Dublin, moneyer: Aeilrine of London (Lundún, Lundúnaborg, Lundúnir) with draped bust left, pellet and short crozier behind neck. Diameter: 19 mm Weight: ? Very Fine (VF), nicely toned on obverse but a little porous on the reverse Very rare…
Date: 1866 Description: Issued between 1866 and 1867, these are the first type of Fenian Bond from this period, entitled ‘The National Bond for the Irish Republic’ and signed by O’Mahony. The $500 Bond featured vignettes of Robert Emmet and Lord Edward Fitzgerald Printed by Continental Bank Note Printing Company, New York Size: 18 x…
Date: 1814 and 1816 ??? Description: Very rare Edward Bewley’s (Dublin) copper penny token dated both 1814 (the year of Wellington’s final victory in Spain, his invasion of SW France and the abdication of Napoleon) and 1816. Hailed as the conquering hero by the British, on 3 May 1814 Wellington was made Duke of Wellington,…
Date: c. 1065-1075 Description: An Hiberno-Norse / Hiberno-Scandinavian, Phase V, Class A (long voided cross, fleur, pellet-in-annulet, crescent, pellet in quarters) Silver Penny. Presumably minted in Dublin, in imitation of Long Cross coinage Weight: 0.94 g References: cf. SCBI BM 164-6, same dies; SCBI Copenhagen –; SCBI Ulster –; Roth –; cf. S 6138; DF…
Date: c. 1195 Description: John de Courcy, (1177-1205), Farthing, Anonymous ‘St Patrick’ issue (c.1185-c.1205), Cross Potent with Crescents coinage, Farthing, Downpatrick mint. Weight: 0.32g References: Allen dies [this specimen not listed] Withers [not listed] SCBI Ulster 336, same obv. die; S 6227; DF 47 Edge chipped, otherwise about Very Fine (nVF) Toned, nicely preserved specimen…
Date: 1835 Description: 1835 Mallow Bank, One Pound note signed by Robert de la Cour – possibly one of the last he signed before his bank went under. 1st October, 1835 Signed by Robert de la Cour Pinholes and a few spots, otherwise Very Fine (VF) Very rare Introduction: The Mallow Bank (Co Cork) was…
Date: 1801-1812 Description: 18– Unissued Mallow Bank, 1s & 1d banknote for Robert de la Cour & William Gallwey, 13 Pence No date Not signed Almost Fine (aF) Very rare Introduction: The Mallow Bank (Co Cork) was registered on 23rd January 1801 by Robert Delacour and Hill Gallwey. Both men use variations of their name…
Date: 1820 Description: 1820 Mallow Bank, for Robert de la Cour & Richard Jonson Cuthbert, 30 Shillings Dated 2nd June, 1820 Signed by J.H. Cuthbert Introduction: The Mallow Bank (Co Cork) was registered on 23rd January 1801 by Robert Delacour and Hill Gallwey. Both men use variations of their name in documents from that time,…
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