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…

Edward VI's Irish Shilling, dated MDLII (1552), third period, mintmark 'harp'. Very rare.

O’Brien Rare Coin Review: Edward VI’s Irish Shilling

Introduction: Edward VI was crowned King of England and Ireland on crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. During Edward’s reign, the realm was governed by a Regency Council because he never reached his majority. The Council was first led by his uncle Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1547–1549), and then by John Dudley, 1st…