Bank of Ireland, Eleventh Issue, Type 2g, One Pound, dated 29 October 1881. The Old Currency Exchange, Dublin, Ireland.

Early Irish Banknotes: 1881 Bank of Ireland (Eleventh Issue), One Pound (Type 2g)

Date: 1881 Description: Bank of Ireland, One Pound note, dated 29th October 1881. Branches: 58 Arklow Armagh Bagnalstown Ballybay Ballina Ballinasloe Ballinrobe Ballymena Banagher Bandon Belfast Belturbet Boyle Callan Carlow Castlebar Castleblayney Cavan Charleville Clonakilty Clones Clonmel Coleraine Cork Drogheda Dundalk Ennis Enniscorthy Fermoy Galway Gorey Kilbeggan Kilkenny Limerick Listowel Londonderry (Derry) Longford Mallow Maryborough…

Norwegian Imitation of an Hiberno-Norse, Phase VI (Class A, Type 1c) Silver Penny struck for Norway's King Magnus III Barefoot (1093-1103) c.1095-1110

Irish Coin Daily: Norwegian Imitation of an Hiberno-Norse, Phase VI (Class A, Type 1c) Penny

Date: c. 1102-1103 This is where it gets really complicated for students of Hiberno-Scandinavian coinage Is this penny a Norwegian (or Danish) copy of an Irish-made coin, or; Is it a Norwegian (or Danish) copy of an English-made coin? If it is the former, where was the coin produced? Lund, Ribe, Hedeby and Aalborg in…

An Hiberno-Norse / Hiberno-Scandinavian, Phase V (Imitation of a William I Two Sceptres type) Silver Penny. Obv: crude facing bust with two sceptres. Rev: short single cross with trident finials, pellet in each angle

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse, Phase V, Class B (Imitation of William I ‘two sceptres’ type) Silver Penny

Date: c. 1075-1080 Description: An Hiberno-Norse / Hiberno-Scandinavian, Phase V (Imitation of a William I Two Sceptres type) Silver Penny. Obv: crude facing bust with two sceptres. Rev: short single cross with trident finials, pellet in each angle Weight:  0.84 g References: cf. SCBI BM 224 for obv.; SCBI Copenhagen 281 for obv.; SCBI Ulster…

Kilkenny (countermarked once) Sixpence on a Sixpence of James I

Irish Coin Daily: Confederate Catholic Sixpence – Counter-marked on a Silver Sixpence of James I

Date: 1642-43 Description: Kilkenny Rebel Money Sixpence; issued by the Catholic Confederacy of Kilkenny from 1642-43 and counter-marked on a silver Sixpence of James I (his Second Coinage, 3rd bust, mm Rose 1605-06) for Ireland, in 1558); one counter-mark struck on the monarch’s bust in the form of a raised “K” on a castle (single…

Kilkenny (countermarked twice) Shilling on a base Shilling of Elizabeth I

Irish Coin Daily: Confederate Catholic Shilling – Counter-marked on a base Shilling of Elizabeth I

Date: 1642-43 Description: Kilkenny Rebel Money Shilling; issued by the Catholic Confederacy of Kilkenny from 1642-43 and counter-marked on a base Shilling of Elizabeth I (her first issue of base coinage for Ireland, in 1558); the counter-mark is struck on either side of the monarch’s bust in the form of a raised “K” on a…

Hiberno-Norse, Phase V, Class B (Imitation of Edward the Confessor type xii) Silver Penny (single cross annulet in centre)

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse, Phase V, Class B (Imitation of Edward the Confessor, Type vii) Silver Penny

Date: c. 1075-1080 Description: An Hiberno-Norse / Hiberno-Scandinavian, Phase V, Class B (in imitation of Æthelred II Long Cross/Edward the Confessor type vii) Silver Penny. Obv: crude bust left, three pellets in front of face. Rev: single cross, annulet in centre. Weight:  0.44 g References: SCBI BM 219; cf. SCBI Copenhagen 260; SCBI Ulster –;…

Hiberno-Norse, Phase V, Class B (Imitation of Edward the Confessor type xiii) Silver Penny (cross with triple pellet finials, small cross pattée in centre)

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse, Phase V, Class B (Imitation of Edward the Confessor, Type viii coinage) Silver Penny

Date: c. 1075-1080 Description: An Hiberno-Norse / Hiberno-Scandinavian, Phase V, Class B (Imitation of Edward the Confessor type xiii) Silver Penny. Obv: very crude bust left, three pellets on neck. Rev: cross with triple pellet finials, small cross pattée in centre. Weight:  0.83 g References: SCBI BM 219; cf. SCBI Copenhagen 260; SCBI Ulster –;…

Hiberno-Norse / Hiberno-Scandinavian, Phase V (Class B) Silver Penny in imitation of Æthelred II Long Cross/Harold II PAX coinage, crude bust left, annulet on neck, cross between two pellets in front of face

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse, Phase V, Class A (Imitation of Harold II PAX coinage) Silver Penny

Date: c. 1075-1080 Description: An Hiberno-Norse / Hiberno-Scandinavian, Phase V (Class B) Silver Penny in imitation of Æthelred II Long Cross/Harold II PAX coinage, crude bust left, annulet on neck, cross between two pellets in front of face, rev. blundered inscription across field. Weight:  0.94 g References: SCBI BM 220, same dies; SCBI Copenhagen 261;…

Hiberno-Norse, Phase V, Class (Ringerike obv & Long Cross imitation, with pellet and trefoil of pellets in alternate angles) Silver Penny

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse, Phase V, Ringerike design – Small pellet in annulet at centre (Long Cross Imitation reverse – pellet and trefoil of pellets in alternate angles)

Date: c. 1075-1080 Description: An Hiberno-Norse / Hiberno-Scandinavian, Phase V (Long Cross imitation, with a Ringerike obverse) Silver Penny. Obv: pelleted annulet at centre of saltire of four croziers, reversed S to left, scourge (?) and trefoil of pellets to right. Rev: long voided cross, pellet and trefoil of pellets in alternate angles. This “Ringerike”…

Hiberno-Norse, Phase V, Class (Ringerike obv & Long Cross imitation, with hand, pellet, large annulet, pellet in angles) Silver Penny

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse, Phase V, Ringerike design – Cross Pattée at centre (Long Cross Imitation reverse – hand, pellet, large annulet & pellet in angles)

Date: c. 1075-1080 Description: An Hiberno-Norse / Hiberno-Scandinavian, Phase V (Ringerike) Silver Penny imitating a Long Cross reverse design, with so-called “Ringerike” obverse motifs, incl. cross pattée at centre of saltire of four croziers, reversed “S” to left, scourge (?) and pellet to right. The reverse features a long voided cross, hand, pellet, large annulet,…