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O’Brien Coin Guide: GB & Ireland Pennies Struck by the King’s Norton Mint

Introduction According to Grace’s Guide – the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain – the King’s Norton Metal Company Limited provided the first competition to the Heaton, or Birmingham Mint when it was also sub-contracted to supply bronze blanks to the Royal Mint in 1912. Unlike the Heaton Mint, it…

Rare Irish Banknotes: the Limerick “Soviet” of 1919

During the Irish War of Independence, the City of Limerick was very unusual insofar as it issued its own currency – a series of low denomination banknotes. It is the only instance of a labour organisation doing so, not on in Ireland but also throughout the UK. It is the first physical sign in a…

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O’Brien Coin Guide: GB & Ireland Pennies Struck by the King’s Norton Mint

Rare Irish Banknotes: the Limerick “Soviet” of 1919