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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 202

Irish Civil War, James II (1685-1691), 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, August 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Aug :, edge chevron milled, 13.66g, 1h (Withers Aug12/10; S.6579B2), colon weakly struck and with pitting, metal flaw to neck of portrait, otherwise about very fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, August 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Augt :, top curl on A, edge chevron milled, 13.52g, 1h (Withers Aug4/14; S.6579B2), lightly pitted, otherwise uniformly brown surfaces, very fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, August 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Augt :, plain A, edge chevron milled, 14.52g, 12h (Withers Aug4/3; S.6579b2), hairline die flawing, patches of lacquer to obverse, very fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, August 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Augt :, edge chevron milled, 12.35g, 12h (Withers Aug4/3; S.6579B2), some die flawing to reverse, struck from worn dies, fine (4)

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



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