Numismatic Society of Ireland

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1 Numismatic Society of Ireland Final Meeting of the Season Friday 18 th May 2018 Talk by Colm Gallagher at 7.45pm The Disappearing Pennies of the Irish Emergency followed by a Mini Auction Honorary Auctioneer Greg Carley Viewing from pm, auction commencing 8.30pm Postal bids to 8 Ely Place, Dublin D02 P028 Ireland (marked NSI Auction) bids to secretarynumsocireland@gmail.com All prices are in euro, paid up members only may bid Buyers premium plus 10% of hammer price, no returns Payment by cash or cheque payable to Num. Soc. of Ireland

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3 Numismatic Society of Ireland Mini-Auction Friday 18 th May 2018 Lot No. Description Estimate HAMMERED English Edward II Penny -London mint, early 14 th century Irish Henry VII, three crowns groat, c1485, carefully clipped to 1.2g from 1.8g, perhaps officially, dark. Neat early style. Fine Irish Henry VIII, groat Jane Seymour, initial mark crown, small piece missing from failed piercing. Good Fine/VF Irish Posthumous Henry VIII sixpence, c1547, initial mark harp, large flan. Good Fine for issue Irish Philip & Mary groat, 1557, dark and somewhat short of flan. Fair Irish James I, First Issue Shilling, initial mark martlet both sides. Large flan, weak centres, strong letters and i.ms. near VF GUNMONEY Small Shilling Mar 1690, Fair Fine Small Shilling June Halfcrown small size, May. 1690, attractive reverse Fine/VF TH CENTURY COPPER Irish St. Patrick s Farthing, c1672, Poor Fair Irish Halfpennies 1686 and 1693, Fair (2) Irish William III, halfpennies 1696, both varieties, poor fair WOODS COINAGE 1723 Halfpenny 1723, good Fine/ Fair Two halfpennies 1723, Fine 25-30

4 Lot No. Description Estimate GEORGE II Irish Farthing 1744, near VF Irish Halfpenny 1750, good Fine, a scarce date Irish Farthing 1760, near VF, attractive portrait GEORGE III Irish Halfpenny 1769, Type II, good Fine Irish Halfpenny 1769, Type II, good Fine (another) Irish Halfpenny 1776, a scarce date, Fair/ good Fine GEORGE IV Irish Halfpenny, 1823, light edge marks, strong portrait, VF Éire 1939 Florin 23. IRISH COINAGE Saorstát Éireann, various dates 4 x 1d; 1 x 1/2d; 1 x 2/-; 1 x 1s; 2 x 6d and 3 x 3d (12) Éire /- Pearse boxed Éire 1961 Mule halfcrown Good Fine Éire 1953 Farthings x 5 BU Éire 1966 Farthings X 5 Unc with Lustre Éire Silver Halfcrowns x 5 (1928/30/31/33/34) VG -F Éire Silver Florins x 5 (1928/30/31/33/34) VG -F Éire, 6d x 20 (mixed dates) Éire, 3d x 40 (mixed dates) 12-20

5 Lot No. Description Estimate IRISH DECIMAL COINAGE THE Irish 1 Note (1989) and 1 (1990) Proof Coin set in presentation folder by Jim Fitzpatrick 33. Irish Broighter Boat Mint Millennium Coin Set 2000 Unc EURO Two Irish souvenir packs coin fair 2006, face value 3.90 each Samuel Beckett Twin Set Silver 10 & 20 gold coins with COAs and inner display box only FOREIGN Latvia Schilling Riga, GVF 18mm Bag of mixed holiday change, many different countries 2-3 English 1916 George V halfcrown GEF English Silver Threepences x oz English 1854 Victorian Maundy Penny UNC English 1990 Proof 1 1p in de luxe Royal Mint 8 Coin set in red leatherette case 42. USA 1883 (O) Morgan Silver $1 Brilliant UNC Canada 1963 Silver Dollar EF with lustre & EK New Zealand 1986 One Dollar BU English 1937 GRV Silver Crown EF & 1960 ERII Crown EF TOKENS Irish 1795, Alex Cornwall, For Trade, usual worn dies VF Irish Pro Bono Publico 1804, Silver Token, VF EF, small piece missing during manufacture 48. Irish Tavern Token, City Arms 2d, about VF Tavern Token, Lloyds Summerhill, 2d VF 50-55

6 Lot No. Description Estimate Two cardboard bread tokens ( Belgium) WW II VF Token, Province of Nova Scotia, Penny 1853, holed, AVF Token, Bank of Upper Canada GVF Halfpenny MEDALS 53. Medal 19mm,GVF British Sailors Society, made with copper from Nelson s flagships Enamel "Knights of Columba" medal UK Medal The Beatles BANKNOTES 56. Éire 10/- Banknote UK 1 Banknote LITERATURE 58. The Obsidional Money of the Great Rebellion Philip Nelson, reprint c1959. Extensive Irish coverage Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, No. 36 State Museum Berlin Anglo Saxon, Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norse Coins. Bernard Kluge, 1987 Hardback Irish Coins and Medals by A. E. J Went Irish Numismatics x 4 (Nos 28, 67, 71, 75) Irish Patrick Finn Lists x 4 (Nos. 4, 5, 18, & Memorial 2000) Irish Green Book Catalogue Dowle & Finn, 1969 scarce EF Tavern Tokens of Ireland by Gerry Rice 2017 Hardback - New MISCELLANEOUS Mahogany Collector's box 30-40