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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 179

Ireland, Commonwealth (1649-1660), Farthing, 1653, Kinsale, K . S with 5[3] below within beaded circle, rev. shield with 6 squares in lines of 3, 2 and 1 within beaded circle, 0.89g, (Whytes, Millennial Collection, lot 257, [same K punch and possibly same obverse die]; Brady & Gallagher SNC April 1986; S.-), strangely double-struck on obverse, green patina from corrosion but an exceptional reverse strike and extremely rare thus, very good/very fine

Provenance

The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins



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