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Tudor

• Henry VII

  • Three Crowns issue (1483-87)
    • Groat
      • (Dublin Mint)
        • small Lis after “REX”, reads “REX ANGLIE FRANCIE”
        • reads “DOMINVS HYBERNIE” both sides
      • (Waterford Mint)
        • “H” below crowns
    • Half-Groat
      • Dublin Mint (no mint named)
        • no “H” below crowns
        • rose before “REX”, reads “REX ANG[LIE Z FRA]NCIE”
        • Rev. reads “DOMINE KERIE”
    • Penny
    • Halfpenny
  • Geraldine ‘Three Crowns’ issue (1487) Lambert Simnal, as Edward VI
    • Groat – Third issue: Waterford mint (Muled with obverse of Henry VII)
      • no “H” below crowns
  • Portrait issue (1485-1509)
    • Groat
      • Dublin Mint, Type I (facing bust/small head, open crown, plain tressure)
        • Class Ia (bust breaks plain tressure)
        • open crown, large head, fleured tressure
      • Dublin Mint, Type II (facing bust, open crown, saltires on tressure)
        • Class IIc, open crown, saltires on tressure, “SIVI TAS DBV LNE”
        • open crown, “fleured” tressure
      • Dublin Mint, Type III (facing bust, open flat crown, no tressure)
        • “CIVITS”
        • French title, reads “CIVITAS DVBLIN”
        • mm. cross
      • Waterford Mint
    • Half-Groat
      
      • Dublin Mint, Type I
        • Obv. “REX [ANG]L FRANCIE”, Rev. “CIVITAS DBLI”
      • Dublin Mint, Type II (facing bust, arched crown within fleured tressure)
    • Penny – ordered to be minted but none found (yet)
    • Halfpenny – ordered to be minted but none found (yet)
    • Farthing – ordered to be minted but none found (yet)

• Henry VIII

  • 1st Irish Coinage (Harp issues)
    • Groat, crowned “H” and “A” (for Henry and Anne Boleyn, 1534-35)
    • Groat, crowned “H” and “I” (for Henry and Jane Seymour, 1536-37)
    • Groat, crowned “H” and “K” (for Henry and Katherine Howard, 1540)
    • Half-Groat
  • 2nd Irish Coinage (King Alone issues)
    • Groat
    • Half-Groat

• Edward VI

  • Post-humous coinage of Henry VIII (1547-50?)
    • Sixpence
    • Threepence
    • Three-halfpence
    • Three-farthings
  • Harp (mint mark) issue (1552)
    • Shilling

• Mary I

  • Shilling
    • 1553 (M: D: L: III. in Roman numerals)
    • 1554 (M: D: L: IIII. in Old Roman numerals)
  • Groat
    • Undated
    • 1553 (M: D: L: III. in Roman numerals)
    • 1554 (M: D: L: IV. in Modern Roman numerals)
  • Half-Groat
    • Undated
  • Penny
    • Undated

• Philip & Mary

  • Shilling (1553-54)
    • 1555
      • 1555 var. “RIGINA  AN“
  • Groat (1555-58)
    • 1555
      • 1555, with reverse mintmark Portcullis
      • 1555, with reverse mintmark Cinquefoil
    • 1556
      • 1556, with reverse mintmark Rose
      • 1556, with reverse mintmark Portcullis + legend “REGI”
      • 1556, with reverse mintmark Cinquefoil
    • 1557
      • 1557, with mintmark Rose on both sides + legends “REGINA A.” and “ADIVTOREM”
      • 1557, with mintmark Rose on both sides + legends “REGINA A.” and “ADITOREM”
      • 1557, with mintmark Rose on both sides + legends “REGINA” and “ADIVTO.”
      • 1557, with reverse mintmark Rose + legends “REGINA A.” and “ADIVTO.”
      • 1557, with reverse mintmark Rose + legends “REGINA ANG.” and “ADIVTO.”
      • 1557, with reverse mintmark Rose + legends “REGINA.” and “ADIVTO.”
      • 1557, with reverse mintmark Rose + legends “REGINA.” and “NOST.”
      • 1557, with reverse mintmark Rose + legends “REGINA.” and “NOS.”
    • 1558
      • 1558, with reverse mintmark Rose 
  • English-type Penny (made for circulation in Ireland)
    • CIVITAS LONDON

• Elizabeth I

  • 1st Irish Coinage (de-based silver, 1558) mm. Rose
    • Billon Shilling
      • Obverse legend reads “REGINA”
      • Obverse legend reads “REGIN.”
      • Obverse legend reads “REGI:”
      • Obverse legend reads “REGI” (no stop)
      • Obverse legend reads “REG:”
    • Billon Groat
      • Obverse legend reads “REGINA”
      • Obverse legend reads “REGIN”
      • Obverse legend reads “REGI.”
      • Obverse legend reads “REG:”
  • Edward VI Re-used (Countermarked)
    • Seated Greyhound ‘Countermark’ on Edward VI Irish Shilling (1560)
  • 2nd Irish Coinage (fine silver, 1561) mm. Harp
    • Shilling
      • Obverse legend reads “REGI”
      • Obverse legend reads “REG:”
    • Groat
      • Obverse legend reads “REG”
      • Obverse legend reads “RE”
      • Legends read “REG” and “MEV”
  • 3rd Irish Coinage (de-based silver, 1601-02) – three different mintmarks
    • Shilling
      • Mintmark: Trefoil
      • Mintmark: Star
      • Mintmark: Martlet
    • Sixpence
      • Mintmark: Trefoil
      • Mintmark: Star
      • Mintmark: Martlet
    • Threepence
      • Mintmark: Trefoil
      • Mintmark: Star
      • Mintmark: Martlet
    • Copper Penny
      • Mintmark: Trefoil, dated 1601
      • Mintmark: Star, dated 1601
      • Mintmark: Martlet, dated 1602
    • Copper Halfpenny
      • Mintmark: Trefoil, dated 1601
      • Mintmark: Star, dated 1601
      • Mintmark: Martlet, dated 1602

House of Stuart

• James I

  • 1st Irish Coinage (1603-1604) / Rev. TVEATVR VNITA DEVS
    • 1st Bust (squared beard)
      • Shilling, mint mark: Bell (1603-04)
      • Sixpence, mint mark: Bell (1603-04)
    • 2nd Bust (pointed beard)
      • Shilling, mint mark: Martlet (1604)
  • 2nd Irish Coinage (1605-1607) / Rev. HENRICVS ROSAS REGNA IACOBVS
    • 3rd Bust (decorated shoulder)
      • Shilling, mint mark: Martlet (1605)
      • Shilling, mint mark: Rose (1605-06)
      • Sixpence, mint mark: Rose (1605-06)
    • 4th Bust (plain shoulder / ruff)
      • Shilling, mint mark: Escallop (1606-07)
      • Sixpence, mint mark: Escallop (1606-07)

• Charles I

  • Emergency Coinage / Coins of Necessity
    • 1642 Inchiquin Money (Weight Money)
      • Crown (19dwt. 16gr.)
        • Type 1, double beaded border
        • Type 2, beaded and wire border
      • Halfcrown (9dwt. 16gr.)
        • Type 1, beaded and wire border / thin numerals
        • Type 2, beaded and wire border / thick numerals
        • Type 3, double beaded border / thin numerals
      • Shilling (3dwt. 21gr.)
        • Double wire circle + outer beaded circle
        • Triple beaded border / thin numerals
      • Ninepence (2dwt. 20gr.)
        • Double wire circle + outer beaded circle
      • Sixpence (1dwt. 22gr.)
        • Double beaded border
      • Fourpence (1dwt. 6gr.)
    • 1642 Annulet Money
      • Ninepence
      • Sixpence
      • Fourpence (Groat)
      • Threepence
    • 1642 Dublin Money
      • Crown
      • Halfcrown
    • 1642-43 Confederate Catholic Coinage
      • Crown
        • Large Cross (thick); Large V, small S above; large pellet below the ‘S’
        • Large Cross (thin); Large V, small ‘serifed’ S above
      • Halfcrown
      • Shilling (Uncertain pieces, extremely rare)
        • Counter-marked on a base Shilling of Elizabeth I; the countermark is struck on either side of the monarch’s bust in the form of a raised “K” on a castle (double mark to signify a shilling?) – ref. Nelson p. 11; S.6563A
      • Sixpence (Uncertain pieces, extremely rare)
        • Counter-marked on a Sixpence of James I; the countermark is struck over the monarch’s bust in the form of a raised “K” on a castle (single mark to signify a sixpence?) – Ref. Nelson p. 11; S.6563A
      • Copper Halfpenny
        • Kilkenny Copper Halfpenny
        • Counter-marked Halfpenny (Raised “K” on a castle)
        • Counter-marked Halfpenny (“KILKENNY”)
        • Counter-marked Halfpenny (five castles in cinquefoil formation within beaded circle)
      • Copper Farthing
        • Kilkenny Copper Farthing
    • 1643-44 Ormonde Money
      • Crown
        • Pellet between CR, seriffed ‘S’
        • Pellet between CR, plain ‘S’
        • Small Triangle between CR
        • Small Lozenge between CR)
        • Small Lozenge with small pellet on either side between CR
        • Lozenge within a quatrefoil between CR
        • Counterfeit: No pellet between CR – probably a 19th C copy ???
      •  Halfcrown
        • Pellet between CR
        • No Pellet between CR; thinner numerals
        • Small Triangle between CR; tall letters on rev
        • Small Star between CR
      • Shilling
        • Pellet between CR; tall numerals, small ‘D’  on reverse
        • Pellet between CR, with small Pellet after; tall numerals, small ‘D’ on reverse
      • Sixpence
        • Pellet between CR
        • No Pellet between CR, curly R; large numerals, small ‘D’ on reverse
        • Lozenge between CR; large numerals, large ‘D’ on reverse
      • Fourpence (Groat)
        • Pellet between CR; tall numerals and large ‘D’ on reverse
        • Pellet between CR; thin numerals and thin ‘D’ on reverse
        • Pellet between CR and colon after; small numerals on reverse
        • Small Lozenge between CR and small letters; tall numerals and medium ‘D’ on reverse
        • Small lozenge between CR; tall, thin numerals and medium ‘D’ on reverse
        • Small Lozenge between CR and small letters; thick numerals and large ‘D’ on reverse
      • Threepence
        • Pellet between CR
        • Pellet between (and after) CR
        • Thin numerals and large ‘D’ on reverse
        • Small Triangle between CR; large numerals and small ‘D’ on reverse
        • Small Lozenge between CR; thick numerals and thick ‘D’ on reverse
      • Twopence (Half-Groat)
        • Pellet between CR; large numerals and small ‘D’ on reverse
        • No Pellet between CR
        • Small Lozenge between CR; thick numerals and small ‘D’ on reverse
    • 1646 Blacksmith Money 
      • Halfcrown (with cross on horse’s housings)
      • Halfcrown (without cross on horse’s housings)
    • 1646 Ormonde Gold Pistoles
      • Double Pistole (8dwtt. 14gr.)
      • Pistole (4dwtt. 7gr)
    • 1646-47 Coinage of the Southern Cities of Refuge
      • Bandon (Bandon Bridge)
        • Farthing (three castles)
      • Cork
        • Shilling (octagonal)
        • Sixpence (octagonal)
        • Farthing (rectangular, Cork in double circle)
        • Farthing (rectangular, Cork in circle of pellets)
        • Farthing (round, uniface Cork countermarked on a copper flan)
      • Kinsale
        • Farthing (chequered shield)
          • Pellet between (and after) KS within a circle of pellets / Rev: Shield
          • Similar, but dotted circle + heavier flan
      • Youghal
        • Square Farthing (Bird above YT, facing right / Rev: ship)
          • Pellet between KS and date below / Rev: galley in double circle
          • Similar but no date / Rev: galley in double dotted circle
        • Square Farthing (Bird above YT, facing left / Rev: ship)
          • No Pellet between YT
        • Square Farthing (No Bird, YT / Rev: ship)
          • Pellet between KS and date below / Rev: galley in double circle
        • Square Farthing (Branch above YT / Rev: ship)
          • Pellet between YT, within 2 pellet circles / Ship in circle of triangular pellets
        • Round Farthing (YT / fish or whale?)
          • Pellet between YT / Fish in dotted circle
    • 1649 Post-Mortem Ormonde Money
      • Crown
      • Halfcrown

Interregnum

• Oliver Cromwell, as Lord Protector – issued no Irish coinage during his term of office
  • The Commonwealth issued English silver and gold coins which circulated in Ireland
    • Parliament suspended the royal patents to produce copper farthings, resulting in a chronic shortage of small change in Ireland
      • various small traders issued unofficial tokens
• Thomas Cromwell, as Lord Protector – issued no Irish coinage during his term of office
  • small traders continued to issue unofficial tokens