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…

Edward I Silver Farthing (11mm, 0.37 g). Early issue. Dublin mint.

Irish Coin Daily: Silver Farthing of Edward I, 2nd Coinage (Dublin Mint)

Date: c.1280-84 Description: Edward I (1272-1307), Second Issue, Silver Farthing (Dublin Mint); struck c.1280-1284 Diameter: 11mm Weight: 0.37 g. Good Fine (gF) References: Withers VI 1a SCBI 22 (Copenhagen), –SCBC 625596267 Obverse: Crowned facing bust within triangle Legend: ” ЄRΛ NG LIЄ “ Reverse: Long cross pattée, triple pellets in angles Dublin Mint signature ”…

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…

1654 George Linington's Penny Token, Obv. Initials & Date, P L over G . M. 1654 Rev. IN WEX FORDWt. 2.0g W. N 6358, this piece; D 750A. aVF, extremely rare

The Trade Token of George Linington – a Merchant in Wexford, Ireland

Date: c. 1654 Description: 1654 George Linington’s Penny Token Weight 2.0g Ref: W.145 Almost Very Fine (aVF) Extremely rare Obverse: Centre design: Initials & Date, “P L over G . M.” “1654” below Reverse:  Legend: “IN WEX FORD”   Further Reading: O’Brien Coin Guide: The Proliferation of Unofficial Irish ‘Farthing Tokens’ in the 17th Century…

Edmond Kearney's Penny Token (Cashel, Co Tipperary) Obv. A plain cross with a pellet in each quarter. EDMOND . KEARNEY Rev. Initials & denom E . K. 1D. with four small annulets. CASHELL . MARCT Wt. 2.11g W.145

The Trade Token of Edmond Kearney – a Merchant in Cashel, Co Tipperary

Date: c. 1650-80 Description: Edmond Kearney’s Penny Token (Cashel, Co Tipperary) Weight 2.11g Williamson 145 Scarce Obverse: Centre design: A plain cross with a pellet in each quarter. Outer legend: “EDMOND . KEARNEY” Reverse: Centre design: Initials & denomination “D” over “E . K.” over “1” with four small annulets  Legend: “CASHELL . MARCT” Additional…

Famous Irish Numismatists: Dr Aquilla Smith

Introduction: Aquilla Smith (28 April 1806 – 23 March 1890) was born in Nenagh, County Tipperary. In 1831 he married his first cousin Esther, daughter of George Faucett, and they had thirteen children. He was a highly regarded medical doctor, numismatist and archaeologist. He represented the Irish College of Physicians on the General Medical Council…

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…

George III Bank of Ireland - 30d, 10d and 5d tokens

Currency Crisis in Ireland 1780-1810

The end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries was a time of an acute shortage of ‘hard cash’ in Ireland and this was due to the fact that: When Admiral Sir George Rooke, commander of the combined fleet, learned the 1702 treasure had arrived at Vigo Bay in Spain, he resolved to…