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…
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…
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: 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,…
Counterfeiting in the 19th C The 19th C began as the 18th C had finished – with people being hanged for ‘coining’ (making counterfeit coins) and ‘uttering’ (trying to spend them), with the exception that women were no longer ‘burned at the stake’ for high treason – they were now hanged along with the men.…
Date: 1820 Description: A Bank of Ireland (Sixth Issue), Thirty Shillings (One Pound & Ten Shillings) note Issued on 5th April 1820 Serial Number: 51334 Country: Ireland Category: Early Irish Banknotes Bank of Ireland Sixth Issue (1815-1825) Thirty Shillings Note Further Reading: Bank of Ireland (A Brief History & Checklist of Old Banknotes) Irish…
Introduction: In 1809, the British defeated the French fleet in Zakynthos (October 2, 1809) captured Kefallonia, Kythera and Zakynthos, and took Lefkada in 1810. The French held out in Corfu until 1814. The Treaty of Paris in 1815 turned the islands into the “United States of the Ionian Islands” under British protection (November 5, 1815)…
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