Date: c. 1642

Description:

Inchiquin Money, First issue, Crown, irregular flan, 29.49g (S 6532; DF 274; KM. 41)

• About Very Fine (aVF) or better for issue
• Very rare

Obverse:

• Irregular flan stamped 19dwt: 8gr within beaded and wire-line border (Type 2)

Reverse: 

• Irregular flan stamped 19dwt: 8gr within double beaded and wire-line border (Type 2)

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Anglo-Norman
  • House of Stuart
• Charles I
  • Inchiquin Money
    • Also known as
      • Emergency Money
      • Money of Necessity
• Hammered

Further Reading:

• Irish Coinage during the reign of King Charles I
• O’Brien Coin Guide: Richmond ‘Patent’ Farthings (1625-34)
• O’Brien Coin Guide: Maltravers ‘Patent’ Farthings (1634-36)
• O’Brien Coin Guide: Maltravers ‘Rose’ Farthings (1636-49)
• O’Brien Coin Guide: Introduction to the Emergency Coinages of the Great Rebellion of 1641-49
  • Timeline 1640 – Prologue to Rebellion in Ireland & Civil War in England
  • Timeline 1641 – The Great Rebellion breaks out in Ireland
  • Timeline 1642 – The Great Rebellion in Ireland & Civil War in England
• O’Brien Coin Guide: The Ormonde Money of 1643-44
• O’Brien Rare Coin Review: The Confederate Catholic ‘Rebel Money’ Coinage of 1642-43
• O’Brien Rare Coin Review: The Ormonde Gold ‘Pistole’ of 1646
• O’Brien Rare Coin Review: Coinage of the Cities of Refuge (Bandon 1646-49)
  • Blog Post – Selected Biographies of the Great Irish Rebellion & English Civil War
  • Blog Post – The Proliferation of Unofficial Irish ‘Farthing Tokens’ in the 17th Century